>>"Eray" == Eray Ozkural (exa) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eray> FHS says (section 3.8, about /opt hierarchy):
Eray> The directories /opt/bin, /opt/doc, /opt/include,
Eray> /opt/info, /opt/lib, and /opt/man are reserved for local
Eray> system administrator use. Packages may provide
Eray> "front-end" files intended to be placed in (by linking
Eray> or copying) these reserved directories by the local
Eray> system administrator, but shall function normally in the
Eray> absence of these reserved directories.
Eray> This does not seem to answer "Can distribution packages install
Eray> links for 'front-end' files in /opt/bin, etc. ...". Well, at
Eray> least it seems to answer negatively, although allowing
Eray> distributions to install front end files automatically would be
Eray> useful.
It does seem to say quite uncategorically that packages may
NOT place files in /opt (the local sysadmin may do as they please).
Waffling on rules/policy to fix bugs in upstream packages is
not something I would recommend.
manoj
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