Re: Latex/Tex / dpkg remark
> See above. The way I see it, /usr/local should be left absolutely
> untouched by any of the debian packages. Plus you will have to set a
> bunch of environment variables, or a set of symlinks (in which case,
> why not usr /var?).
>
> I will also think some sort of /usr/opt layout for these big packages
> is highly warranted, otherwise the /usr partition will just keep on
> growing.
On solaris /opt is for local packages, sounds an awfull lot /usr/local
to me.
I also don't think that /usr/local should be touched by the debian
release, but if the generated files start AFTER you have installed,
and are working, I don't see the problem.
Jim
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