Re: /opt/ again (was Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: ...])
Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 11:20:08 AM, Raul wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 10:57:26AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
>> Why opt? Why a new level on the tree which simply duplicates what already
>> exists elsewhere? *sigh*
> Near as I can tell you didn't read what you're responding to.
Et tu?
> I'll expand one point that maybe I didn't spell out enough:
> some software is not expected to follow debian policy in any detail
> (beyond the fact that debian provides the same base interfaces as
> sibling linux systems), and some of that software is not built by the
> local sysadmin.
Link /opt to /usr/local, what's the difference? None. As the programs
which are installed into /opt are in *subdirectories* they will not fall into
the same directories that the local administrator may use in /usr/local.
Meanwhile, all /opt does is clutter up the tree because some yahoo thought
that /usr/local wasn't good enough.
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