On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote: > On Jan 18, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > It contains many interesting things that I know we disagree with. Someone > > should look at it perhaps? > > Among the interesting things: <snip> > *** > > Reference 3.8-1(A) > > The /opt directory exists and is searchable > > Result: PASS/FAIL > > Um, why? We already have /usr/local...
My guess: - /usr/local is for programs "supplied" by the sysadmin (i.e. self-made scripts and stuff the sysadmin compiled) - the rest of /usr is the domain of the OS vendor (so don't mess with it or be prepared to redo your modifications on every OS upgrade) - "third party" packages (like commercial software not made by the OS vendor) go into /opt, while (optionally?) placing their config files somewhere under /etc/opt Remco -- rd31-144: 9:00pm up 5 days, 10:52, 7 users, load average: 1.00, 1.04, 1.04