This came to me but was supposed to arrive at the list (but the list address had an extra "s"). I've forwarded it to the list. (Sorry I don't know enough about Linux to address your question.) --Kent
>X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Resent-Date: 22 Sep 1998 17:37:45 -0000 >Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:37:45 -0300 >From: "Paulo J. da Silva e Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: /usr/local >X-Mailer: VM 6.32 under Emacs 20.2.3 >Resent-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/19439 >X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Hello, > >I would like to ask a question. I noticed that some important packages in Hamm >(Latex and Emacs, for example) write in /usr/local during installation (at >least they create directories there). > >Well, our local system administrator is having problem with this. It has >decided to mount /usr/local using nfs as read only (then you would have an >unique copy of /usr/local in all machines). When he tries to install any >package that writes in /usr/local it aborts installation. > >He figured a temporary solution. He simply unmounts /usr/local after >installing and then the install scripts are smart enough to deal with this. >Is there any better solution? > >Other point, why this new behavior? I thought /usr/local was an administrator >responsibility... > >Thank you all. > >Paulo. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > =========================================================== Kent West | Technology Support/ | Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham: KC5ENO, General | ===========================================================
