* Sven LUTHER said: > > > 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 ? Not quite so. /usr/local is for *local* stuff - that is one fully under control by the local admin. /opt is for optional stuff (yes, it's a confusing term) which I understand as something that's not in the given distribution of either commercial or free OS, but isn't also in the realm of the local admin - for example commercial software packages. marek
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