Re: intent to package TETware and VSX-PCTS from TOG
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > Without suggesting /opt/TET as the home for this package (something that
> > even I don't really like) I am left with a selection from /usr. While I
> > can see arguments for /usr/lib, /usr/share, and even /usr/src, I have no
> > idea which is correct for this application. I am sure that there are some
> > of you with a better opinion than myself. I hope you will share it ;-)
>
> Why not /opt? Its established practice in UNIX and is part of the FHS
> standard. All the other suggestions would not follow FHS.
Because /opt is to be left clear for third-party packages, not used by the
OS packagers (us!).
Jules
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