On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 05:04:36PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Brian White writes:
> > > I think we have agreed to move toward FHS compliance, starting with
> > > slink. I have looked at the FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/), and
> > > have a few proposals:
> >
> > I think that's a good idea, yes. We need to get this started soon, though,
> > perferrably by the end of this week.
>
> according to FHS the installation in /opt is allowed. Is it allowed
> for slink as well?
I belief this is not right.
the fhs say:
/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software
packages.
and:
BEGIN RATIONALE
The use of /opt for add-on software is a well-established practice in
the UNIX community. The System V Application Binary Interface [AT&T
1990], based on the System V Interface Definition (Third Edition),
provides for an /opt structure very similar to the one defined here.
I belief that 'add-on software' software, that is not on the
debian-distribution! Like StarOffice. If we have the software on
ftp.debian.org or an installer the software go to /usr/*.
/opt ist like /usr/local for the local system admin (or the setup-tool of the
add-on software package)
Grisu
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