[systemd-devel] Is systemd-cryptsetup binary internal?

[Nils Kattenbeck]

Hi,

/usr/lib/systemd/ is indeed the place for internal binaries with
> unstable interfaces. But it's also the place where we put binaries
> that we don't typically expect users to call, because they are
> generally called via some well define .service unit or so only.
>
> systemd-cryptsetup is one of the latter, we'd expect people to use
> this via crypttab mostly. However, the interface is nonetheless
> stable, it is a long-time part of systemd and so far we never broke
> interface and I see no reason we ever would. In fact it might be a
> candidate to move over to /usr/bin to make official, if there's
> sufficient request for that. (such a request should be made via github
> issue tracker)
>

Why was the decision taken to put these into /usr/lib/systemd instead of
/usr/libexec/systemd/?

>   Thanks in advance for indicating, if systemd-cryptsetup (the binary) is
> a
> > tool users may rely on.
>
> Yes, absolutely.
>
> The only reason when we might break things for you is when we one day
> move it from /usr/lib to /usr/bin, ;-)
>
> Hence: the call interface is certainly stable, the location in that
> sense maybe not yet.
>
> Lennart
>
> --
> Lennart Poettering, Berlin
>

Greetings, Nils

>
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