On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 11:56:19PM -0700, Alan DuBoff wrote: > One thing I'd like to throw out on the table is the possibility to get a > symlink from /usr/local pointing to /opt/whatever so that open source > software would by default place the target in the proper location.
/usr/local is for software installed by the local administrator. It may be binary-only or closed source or open source. Regardless, /usr/local should never be used by any distribution; I realise some do, and administrators hate it. There's no need whatever for /usr/local to exist at all, much less for it to be a symlink to /opt/anything. > This seems like it could be a win-win for most folks, so that we can keep the > binaries on /opt, yet allow folks to centralize the open source code. And, > yes I realize that there's the possibility that someone could overwrite and > place something in /opt/whatever that could cause a conflict, but they should > know what they're doing in that case, or not be building software. Sorry, I still don't get it. What problem does this solve? -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" Solaris Kernel Team "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!"
