[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote these words on 10/30/05 22:34 CST: > Why don't we just have a regular /usr/man directory?
Because it doesn't conform with the FHS. > Why get rid of them > at all? What's the rationale behind the individual package devs who use > the different locations? I'm sure they have at least some sort of mildly > reasonable explanation for their preference. The only thing I can think of is this is how it was many, many moons ago, and the devs simply haven't updated their defaults to conform with modern standards. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 22:48:00 up 36 days, 8:12, 3 users, load average: 0.42, 0.10, 0.19 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page