Re: /usr/share and multiple versions

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org> writes:
> My network runs a mix of stable/potato and testing/woody systems.
> I'm considering consolidating their /usr/share directories, but I'm not
> sure how safe that would be.

  FYI, from the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard,
  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.1/fhs-4.7.html: 

    Note, however, that /usr/share is generally not intended to be
    shared by different OSes or by different releases of the same OS.

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