Re: People running with LOCALBASE set to something other than /usr/local?

[Konstantin Chuguev]

"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:01:59AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > Um - why? If you removed the setting of LOCALBASE in that case, you
> > wouldn't change the disk layout at all.
>
> I prefer installed executables, data files, and man pages to refer to
> /opt.  Duh.
>

Just wondering: what is the reason of using /opt instead of /usr/local,
apart from Solaris influence? Do you use /usr/local for anything?

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