Re: [forward] FHS pre-2.1 draft #3 on web site
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 11:28:45AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> Andreas Voegele <andreas.voegele@nikocity.de> writes:
> > Firstly, none of the existing applications that go to /opt use these
> > directories. For example, the version of Applixware that SuSE ships
> > goes to /opt/applix and is started with /usr/bin/X11/applixware.
> > There's neither a need for the directories you suggest nor for
> > symbolic links in /opt/bin.
>
> Well, that's a bug, since they have no right to install things into
> /usr/bin/X11, but should instead suggest to the admin that they do
> something like this:
SuSE probably provides a little wrapper script that goes in
/usr/bin/X11/applixware.
>
> ln -s /opt/applix/bin/applixware /usr/local/bin
>
> possibly by making it an optional action at the and of the install
> script, with a ``Do you want me to do this?'' prompt.
>
> Other than that, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
>
> Cheers, Phil.
>
>
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