Installing executables with generic names

Ion-Mihai Tetcu itetcu at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 14 18:36:54 UTC 2012


On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:49:00 -0500
Michael Scheidell <scheidell at freebsd.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 2/14/12 11:18 AM, Mikhail T. wrote:
> > On 14.02.2012 10:25, Michael Scheidell wrote:
> >> EXAMPLESDIR
> >
> > I thought, EXAMPLESDIR is for actual examples, such as source code, 
> > not compiled and fully-functional executables... Indeed, the
> > directory is under ${PREFIX}/share -- which, according to hier(7)
> > is for architecture-independent files.
> >
> >     -min,
> >
> 
> then, put them into EXAMPLESDIR/{arch}...
> 
> or put them anywhere you want.

No, if they are binaries they don't have any reason to be in
EXAMPLESDIR. The other idea of prefixing them is _much_ better.

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