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Question regarding binaries in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/

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Subject	Question regarding binaries in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
Date	Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:30:01 +0200
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Pyinstaller ships two executables in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/.  There 
is an experimental tag that suggests these should be moved to /usr/libexec/.

X: python3-pyinstaller: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
PyInstaller/bootloader/Linux-64bit-intel/run]
N: 
N:   The package ships an executable file in /usr/lib.
N:   
N:   Please move the file to /usr/libexec.
N:   
N:   With policy revision 4.1.5, Debian adopted the Filesystem Hierarchy 
Specification (FHS) version 3.0.
N:   
N:   The FHS 3.0 describes /usr/libexec. Please use that location for 
executables.
N: 
N:   Please refer to File System Structure (Section 9.1.1) in the Debian 
Policy Manual, filesystem-hierarchy, https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/
FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s07.html, and Bug#954149 for details.
N: 
N:   Visibility: pedantic
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: files/permissions/usr-lib
N:   This tag is experimental.
N: 
N:   Screen: emacs/elpa/scripts
N:     Advocates: "David Bremner" <bremner@debian.org>
N:     Reason: The emacsen-common package places installation and removal 
scripts, which for ELPA packages are executable, in the folder /usr/lib/
emacsen-common/packages.
N:             
N:             About four hundred installation packages are affected. All of 
them declare emacsen-common as an installation prerequisite.
N:             
N:             Read more in Bug#974175 and Bug#954149.
N: 
N:   Screen: web/cgi/scripts
N:     Advocates: "Andrius Merkys" <merkys@debian.org>
N:     Reason: The folder /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ is designated for scripts in the 
Common Gateway Interface (CGI). They require the executable bit so the server 
can run them.
N:             
N:             Read more in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Common_Gateway_Interface, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3875.html, 
and Bug#1003941.
N: 
N:
X: python3-pyinstaller: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
PyInstaller/bootloader/Linux-64bit-intel/run_d]

I do not know how easy it would be to relocate these files.  Before reaching 
out to the Pyinstaller upstream to see of what it would take to relocate these 
files, I wanted to ask the Debian Python Team how this is generally handled 
with Python packages.  Are executables typically relocated to /usr/libexec/?  
If so, does this require much modification of the upstream code to locate 
them?  Or is it generally considered wiser to just leave the executables in /
usr/lib/ and ignore these lintian tags?

-- 
Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org

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