Re: /opt/ again (was Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: ...])

[Sven LUTHER <luther@maxime.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 04:30:30PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> * 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?

cause they are there for the same thing, so only one is needed ?

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER