On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 05:51:09PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > There was nothing stopping them from creating links in /usr/local/bin > either -- why would they get the hint all of a sudden from /opt/bin > when they didn't from /usr/local/bin? I think that /opt/bin is a bad > idea in the first place -- it offers *nothing* that /usr/local/bin > doesn't already provide; has no advantages whatsoever; and encourages > the nasty habit of using /opt, which I think should be encouraged to > disappear completely. :-)
I'll guess from this that you've not read FHS chapter 2. However, on some machines you're correct. > As for the whole "hint" concept, I'd rather see *real* documentation > than vague (and misguided) hints littering the filesystem. These need not conflict. > I think we should *support* the /opt nonsense, since it's effectively > a requirement, but I think we should stop short of encouraging or > promoting its use. This implies that creating directories is not support. Personally, I think that the existence of the directories will simplify the documentation (no need to say "create /opt/bin if that hasn't been done yet," etc.) Why document a one-time procedure when it's easier to just do it once? -- Raul
