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FS#59864 - [iwd] --libexecdir=/usr/lib/iwd

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by James (thx1138) - Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 19:25 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 23:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The PKGBUILD has:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/iwd \
--localstatedir=/var

I thought that Arch Linux policy was to put daemons in /usr/bin/. Why is the iwd binary being installed to /usr/lib/iwd/, with --libexecdir=/usr/lib/iwd?
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 23:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  libexec and bin are two different things

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