Ed Cogburn wrote: > Question #1: The location /usr/local is reserved (by the Filesystem >Standard) for packages/programs you the local admin/user installs >yourself. These programs are not known by the Debian/dpkg system. dpkg >is not allowed to do anything in /usr/local, thus it must install the >things it deals with (*.deb) elsewhere. To be strictly accurate, this is not a restriction in dpkg but in policy. If a package says a file in in /usr/local, dpkg will put it there; but Debian maintainers must not allow their packages to put files in /usr/local.
It is perfectly possible for you to make packages for local use which could legitimately use /usr/local. You would be aggrieved if dpkg were to override your wishes! -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
