* Steve Lamb said: > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 1:14:02 PM, Raul wrote: > > Assuming you don't care about systems where /usr/local is not writable. > > Which would be for what reason? When for example it is mounted on a cdrom as a live CD system. Enough? > > Assuming you don't care about clean administration of backups (backup > > office software with local mods?). > > Backups are for data, not programs. And programs use data. Specific versions of data may be processed by specific versions of programs. To access data you need a program. Simple? > > Assuming you don't care about writing documentation for new system owners. > > (Try: "You have full responsibility and control over everything in > > /usr/local/, except if you install commercial software"). > > How do they not retain full control of /usr/local? Am I missing something > or since when did Debian install commercial software? Debian doesn't, people do and will. > > I could probably think of better examples if I cared enough to waste > > time on this issue. > > You're going to have to since none of these held any water. And you started flamewars again. Stop it. marek
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