*- On 5 Feb, Ted Behling wrote about "/usr vs. /usr/local" > What's the recommended usage difference between /usr and /usr/local? I > understand that it's up to me, but what do most people use each of these > for? To date, I've put a couple things in /usr/sbin and my source has gone > into /usr/src . >
/usr/local is off limits to Debian packages. Things in /usr/local will not be replaced, deleted, etc. when upgrading or whatever. Things in /usr other than local can be deleted, replaced, etc. by Debian packages. For the official word see the FHS documentation at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-toc.html. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
