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Bug #20800

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Don't place `ruby` executable into `/usr/libexec/x86_64-linux/bin`

Added by vo.x (Vit Ondruch) 19 days ago. Updated 15 days ago.

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ruby -v:
ruby 3.4.0dev (2024-10-15 master 3da3cabf98) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]
[ruby-core:119534]

Description

Trying to prepare Ruby 3.4 package for Fedora, it seems that since 1, the ruby executable is installed into /usr/libexec/x86_64-linux/bin:

installing binary commands:         /usr/libexec/x86_64-linux/bin

Unfortunately, the PR does not explain anything about reasons why. To me, using libexec is surprising, because according to FHS 2, the directory is for internal binaries. What is even more surprising is usage of the bin subdirectory there, which IMHO does not follow any standard or convention (I don't have /usr/libexec/x86_64-linux/bin directory on my Fedora yet).

Just FTR, these are the configuration options used:

/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.4.0_20241016git3da3cabf98-build/ruby-3.4.0-3da3cabf98/configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --runstatedir=/run --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-rubylibprefix=/usr/share/ruby --with-archlibdir=/usr/lib64 --with-rubyarchprefix=/usr/lib64/ruby --with-sitedir=/usr/local/share/ruby/site_ruby --with-sitearchdir=/usr/local/lib64/ruby/site_ruby --with-vendordir=/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby --with-vendorarchdir=/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby --with-rubyhdrdir=/usr/include --with-rubyarchhdrdir=/usr/include '--with-sitearchhdrdir=$(sitehdrdir)/$(arch)' '--with-vendorarchhdrdir=$(vendorhdrdir)/$(arch)' --with-rubygemsdir=/usr/share/rubygems --with-ruby-pc=ruby.pc --with-compress-debug-sections=no --disable-rpath --enable-mkmf-verbose --enable-shared --with-ruby-version= --enable-multiarch --enable-yjit

The --enable-multiarch is among the options. It is used not because Fedora would be multiarch, but because it provides the highest flexibility.

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