On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 04:30:30PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Sven LUTHER said: > > > > > > How do you know I don't do just that, via symlinks? I bet you'd > > > > > never have > > > > > guessed I have /usr/src/linux symlinked to /sys > > > > > > > > OK, now argue it as a standard for everyone as /opt is. > > > /opt is a de-facto standard. By usage. By tradition. By habit. By > > > convence. > > > > If i remember well, /opt is a Systeme 5 stuff, will /usr/local is a BSD > > stuff, > > taken over by most linux distribs these days. on my sun, i have a /opt but > > no > > /usr/local for example. > Correct. Linux distros are generally a mixture of SystemV and BSD standards > - see the bootup init methods, for one. /opt is a good thing from the SV > world, /usr/local is a good thing from BSD. Why not to use both?
cause they are there for the same thing, so only one is needed ? Friendly, Sven LUTHER
