Re: /usr/local again...
> Have we come up with any solution for the /usr/local problems yet? I
> again find myself upgrading my debian machines, and all my debian
> machines crap out with dpkg errors if packages try to touch /usr/local
> (which on my system is an nfs mount).
>
> The current policy amounts to "don't assume anything about
> /usr/local, but go ahead and try and add/remove stuff from it
> anyways".
>
> We need to come up with a better solution for this.
While we're at it, perhaps we can fix another problem my company has
run into with this...
There are basically three (3) types of "local" directories:
1) local to this architecture and this machine (i.e. no network mount)
2) local to this architecture and this site
3) local to any architecture and this site
To my knowledge, there are only two standard directories for this:
a) /usr/local (#1 or #2)
b) /usr/share (#3)
Perhaps we could decide on a third directory and solve these problems
once and for all? There must be something in the FHS about this.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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