[Surfraw-devel] [Fwd: Bug#230276: Please don't create subdirectories in /usr/bin]

[Ian Beckwith]

> It sounds like these programs belong in /usr/lib/surfraw or similar.
> /usr/bin should not have subdirectories.

Hi.

This was my idea, I was originally going to put them in 
/usr/lib/surfraw, but then noticed /usr/bin/mh

Is mh an exception for historical/compatibility reasons?

The idea is that the elvi (programs currently in
/usr/bin/surfraw-elvi) are kept out of /usr/bin to avoid name clashes
and repeated complaints about cluttering /usr/bin, but regular surfraw
users would put that directory in their path, either manually or with
surfraw-update-path.

So, given that, is /usr/lib/surfaw the best place?

Also, the elvi are all architecture-independent shell scripts, so
would somewhere under /usr/share be better?

Ian.

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