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libexec_LIBRARIES not allowed

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From: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 <at> freenet.de>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18440: libexec_LIBRARIES not allowed
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:49:09 +0200

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

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