> > Come on. If you compile for solaris you shoudl be aware of the policy
> > -NOT- to use /usr/local but /opt/local instead.
> Why? This is my first time to hear this. If you build a package
> yourself, you can decide where it will be put.
See filesystem(5):
[...]
/opt
Root of a subtree for add-on application packages.
[...]
/usr/local
Not part of the SVR4-based Solaris distribution. The
/usr directory is exclusively for software bundled with
the Solaris operating system. If needed for storing
machine-local add-on software, create the directory
/opt/local and make /usr/local a symbolic link to
/opt/local. The /opt directory or filesystem is for
storing add-on software to the system.
Note that the advice to use a symlink is not really good. A loopback
mount works much better as some misdesigned packages break when
you want to install them and /usr/local is not a directory.
Regards -- Volker
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