On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 16:41 +0200, Jasse Jansson wrote: > >> So shouldn't everything in /usr/sfw that has the same name as an > >> existing thing in /usr be moved to /usr/gnu (after officially > >> defining it) or shouldn't we just redefine the role of /usr/sfw > >> and not create /usr/gnu? > > > > Although I normally like to reuse stuff, I think we should > introduce > > /usr/gnu as a precise way of identifying the "alternative commands > > environment" it represents. > > Shouldn't an "alternative commands environment" live in /opt ??? > In this case /opt/gnu
/opt is for add-on packages, things that are not shipped as part of the operating system. If these commands were not part of Solaris, they would go into /opt (in this case /opt/gnu), but the proposal is to include them in Solaris, so they need to go into /usr (/usr/gnu). Laca
