Subject: Re: bug#18440: libexec_LIBRARIES not allowed

From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:14:22 +0100

tags 18440 notabug
close 18440
thanks

On 09/10/2014 10:49 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 09/10/2014 03:24 AM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>>
>> Trying to add a target with
>> libexec_LIBRARIES
>> results in an error:
>>
>>   error: 'libexecdir' is not a legitimate directory for 'LIBRARIES'
>>
>> But it looks like having libraries in libexec is something already in
>> use by a few things.
>> On a Fedora 20 machine:
>> $ find /libexec -name \*.so
>> /usr/libexec/p7zip/7z.so
>> /usr/libexec/coreutils/libstdbuf.so
>> /usr/libexec/sudo/sudo_noexec.so
>> /usr/libexec/sudo/sudoers.so
>> /usr/libexec/sudo/group_file.so
>> /usr/libexec/sudo/system_group.so
>> /usr/libexec/systemtap/libHelperSDT_amd64.so
>> /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.3/liblto_plugin.so
>> /usr/libexec/deja-dup/tools/libduplicity.so
>>
>> Shouldn't automake support installing libraries in libexec?
> No. libexecdir is supposed to take binaries only.
>
> IMO, these listed above are packaging bugs.
>
Ralf assessment is correct.  I'm closing this bug as "Working
as Intended".

Thanks,
   Stefano