Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:09:40 -0400 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Michael_Gr=FCnewald?= <michaelgrunewald@yahoo.fr> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Place to install library of shell functions Message-ID: <0434933C-E308-4D77-8180-21E90B7B23A8@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <4D9B3403.2070704@yahoo.fr>
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On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Michael Grünewald wrote: > Dear FreeBSD users, > > > today I come to you with what seems to be somehow pedantic question: where is the best place to install libraries of shell functions. > > I read hier(4) carefully and it seems the correct place for this would be somewhere under `/usr/local/share': > > share/ architecture-independent files > > > On the base systems, many macros (make templates and groff macros) are actually installed under /usr/share. However, the only library of shell functions I am aware of is `/etc/rc.subr', that landed on this funny location, probably to be pretty sure that this library is on the same filesystem as the scripts under /etc/rc.d. > > Several of the ports install shell scripts under `/usr/local/lib' that hier(4) devotes to ``shared and archive ar(1)-type libraries''. These shell scripts are: > > > find /usr/local/lib -name '*.sh' > /usr/local/lib/tk8.5/tkConfig.sh > /usr/local/lib/seamonkey/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/libxul/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/convertrpmrc.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/find-lang.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/getpo.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/u_pkg.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/vpkg-provides.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/vpkg-provides2.sh > /usr/local/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/tcl8.5/tclConfig.sh > /usr/local/lib/thunderbird/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/llvm-gcc-2.8/gcc/x86_64-portbld-freebsd8.2/4.2.1/install-tools/fixinc.sh > > Two files (the `/usr/local/lib/tcl8.5/tclConfig.sh' one and the `s/tcl/tk/g' one) are actually shell script libraries (defining a bunch of variables), and all the others are ancillary scripts, that would maybe better fit in `/usr/local/libexec'. > > So, practical experience does not really second my a priori that these files sould go under the `share' hierarchy and I would like to have your opinion on this question. > -- > Best Regards, > Michael For the bash library (http://jafdip.com/?p=537) we choose /usr/local/lib. This just seems to be the most logical place for this sort of thing. Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelkinghelp
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