Alex Bochannek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> local has generally been used for installs that a local to a *site*.

In modern Linux/*BSD/etc. distributions, it is usually the place to
store software that is not installed by the package manager. For that
reason, it is important that local exists. The site-localness of
/usr/local was before the existance of package managers.

/Pelle

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