Re: Bug#284637: wrong location or perms on /usr/bin/gettext.sh (fwd)

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Santiago Vila <address@hidden> [2004.12.10.2301 +0100]:
> As Debian does not have any designated directory in the PATH for
> shell script function libraries, it clearly follows that /usr/bin
> is the only sensible directory where gettext.sh may be placed.

I disagree. It does not belong in /usr/bin, so Debian should either
adopt a dedicated directory (which makes no sense), or you should
extend $PATH accordingly before using gettext.sh. In any case, the
location will be well-defined on any Debian system, so it would be
even better to just hardcode it.

> I'm glad that Debian policy does not say that /usr/bin must not contain
> non-executables, because that would be a bug in policy :-)
> 
> Closing this report (which is not really a bug).

I do not want to get into the close-reopen-close-reopen game, so
I will not reopen it right now. However, I think this issue is not
resolved. Please do as you see appropriate.

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