Re: API freeze release ... status so far.

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Bastien Nocera wrote:

> 
> Section 4.5 of the FHS:
> /usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries that 
> are not intended to be executed directly by users or shell scripts.
> 
> and Section 4.8:
> The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture independent 
> data files. (...) thus, for example, a site with i386, Alpha, and PPC 
> platforms might maintain a single /usr/share directory that is 
> centrally-mounted.
> 
> I think one should read "Architecture independant" as "if it's not an 
> executable and it isn't compiled for a specific architecture"

Well, a .pc file isn't really 'acructecture independant data file', just
like Havoc argued - it is something that could just aswell be compiled
into the .so file if it wasn't slightly easier to have it as a separate
file (esp. as long as libtool is a shell script). 

> If what you're telling me is that there might be a .pc for a library 
> available one arch, and not for the other, I could argue that the same 

No - the contents of the .pc file can and will vary between different
architectures. As a matter of fact, the contents of the .pc file may
easily be different for the 32 and 64 bit libraries on solaris/sparc...

> problem would happen if 2 versions of one application have different 
> layouts under their /usr/share/application dir (and different versions 
> are available on the platforms), or if a bonobo component is available 
> on one platform and not the other (/usr/share/oaf)
> 

No, not really.

> Maybe that's just me being picky...
> 
> Cheers
> 

	Sander

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