On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:29:59 -0600, you wrote: >Apt installs there because that's where the FHS >(http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) says things should go.
Was not disputing that there might be authority behind how it is done. >Rather than making it difficult to use extra hard drives, this easily >allows you to dedicate a partition to /usr, possibly one to /usr/local >(if you install a lot of stuff that's not under apt's control). Again, there is only one /usr. If that one is full, and I install a new hd... /usr/local is used some by other installation methods. I see that Sylpheed and Forte (java ide) put themselves there. I did not say it was impossible to use the extra space, just not easy. Gleason
