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Date:	Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:45:07 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm>
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Subject:	Re: gcc-4.8.2-1: /bin/gcc fails
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On 11/4/2013 6:42 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov  2 23:54, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>> So, while I'm not convinced that this is a huge issue overall, if
>> "don't do that" isn't good enough, the easiest workaround is to
>> configure GCC with --libexecdir=/usr/lib.
>
> That would be the safer option, I guess.

My about-to-be-uploaded inetutils update puts the servers in libexecdir 
aka /usr/libexec/ -- and changes the /etc/defaults/ associated xinetd 
and inetd.d configuration files as appropriate.  'Course, my 
to-be-written update announcement will be a horrific, as current users 
with customized configuration WILL have to modify their files (and setup 
doesn't have an .rpmsave/.rpmnew mechanism).

The currently-distributed version (and associated xinetd scripts and 
sample inetd.d/ configuration files) puts them in /usr/sbin.

If --libexecdir=/usr/lib, then...what?

Should I revert to /usr/sbin for slave servers?  Use $libexecdir but 
"know" that it is going to be /usr/lib and configure appropriately?  I'm 
confused as to how to proceed here.




Frankly, I've never understood the distinction between / and /usr in a 
cygwin setup.  It makes a certain amount of sense on a "real" OS, but 
for us?

Why not replace the /usr/bin = /bin and /usr/lib = /lib, and the 
oncoming trainwreck of additional "relocatability" expansions for 
libexec and share, by simply doing:

    /usr = /

?  Or is there something in windows-land (like shortcuts in the start 
menu) that would be broken by this?  Are we worried about shadowing /etc 
and /usr/etc (or /home and /usr/home)?

--
Chuck


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