On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Ted Harding wrote: > > What a nightmare! > > Things in /opt should be "installed" in /opt/bin, /opt/lib, /opt/man, > > ecc. using symlinks and/or wrappers. > > Well done upstream packages which use /opt should carry an utility to > > install symlinks and wrappers in /opt/* or /usr/local/* at wish. > > > > The /opt idea is to isolate upstream packages from peculiarities of > > different OSes, not to pollute users' namespace. > > > > Check the FHS-2.0 > > In my humble opinion /opt has another very useful and practical function. > > You can mount a whole new disk partition on /opt, when your original /usr > partition is getting full. Since some of the commercial packages not only are > designed to install under /opt by default, but also are big (~100MB), this is > useful. Just buy a new HD and mount it on /opt. > > Then you can set all the symlinks from /usr you like -- they don't take up > much > space. >
Isn't this what the Linux FS standard says /usr/local/ is for? Rich. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
