On Tue 30 Sep 1997, Yann Dirson wrote: > FSSTND 1.2 defines the /usr/share/ directory, but not anything like > /usr/local/share/. Does anybody knows whether it's normal ?
many people want to share /usr/share in large networks, even with multiple architectures. nobody wants to share /usr/local/. and a sysadmin may do in /usr/local whatever he likes. fhs draft has a /usr/local/share, so you can use it. (in fact nobody wants to change software, that installs in $prefix/share ...) > I think section 3.1.2 of the policy manual would be in favor of the > latter. > What to others think ? uh, i dont know policy. but an admin may do in /usr/local what he likes, and new fhs draft recommends a /usr/local/share. andreas
