* Sven LUTHER said: > > > > How do you know I don't do just that, via symlinks? I bet you'd never have > > > > guessed I have /usr/src/linux symlinked to /sys > > > > > > OK, now argue it as a standard for everyone as /opt is. > > /opt is a de-facto standard. By usage. By tradition. By habit. By convence. > > If i remember well, /opt is a Systeme 5 stuff, will /usr/local is a BSD stuff, > taken over by most linux distribs these days. on my sun, i have a /opt but no > /usr/local for example. Correct. Linux distros are generally a mixture of SystemV and BSD standards - see the bootup init methods, for one. /opt is a good thing from the SV world, /usr/local is a good thing from BSD. Why not to use both? marek
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