GNU bug report logs - #75011
Problem with libstdbuf.so

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From: Emiliano Ezequiel Parenti <passymas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Problem with libstdbuf.so
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:11:22 -0300

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I mean there is a problem with libstdbuf.so, because operating systems put
that file in the libexec folder, and that folder should only contain
executables, not libraries.

I would like this to change, for systems to put files where they should, so
that the so files go to lib, and bash and elf scripts go to bin.

Also, I want the /libexec/coreutils folder not to be used, because if I
wanted to merge the two folders, /bin and /libexec, then the merged /bin
and /libexec folders would collide with /coreutils, I want systems to find
a way to have different names for their executables in the libexec folder,
as it would prevent a merge of the two folders.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Emiliano Ezequiel Parenti <passymas <at> gmail.com>, 75011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75011: Problem with libstdbuf.so
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:29:06 +0000

tag 75011 notabug
close 75011
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On 20/12/2024 10:11, Emiliano Ezequiel Parenti wrote:
> I mean there is a problem with libstdbuf.so, because operating systems put
> that file in the libexec folder, and that folder should only contain
> executables, not libraries.
> 
> I would like this to change, for systems to put files where they should, so
> that the so files go to lib, and bash and elf scripts go to bin.
> 
> Also, I want the /libexec/coreutils folder not to be used, because if I
> wanted to merge the two folders, /bin and /libexec, then the merged /bin
> and /libexec folders would collide with /coreutils, I want systems to find
> a way to have different names for their executables in the libexec folder,
> as it would prevent a merge of the two folders.

Well libexec is the right place for binaries
that are used at runtime but not linked to.

The good news is you can override this with:
`make pkglibexecdir=/usr/bin ...`

cheers,
Pádraig

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