Archaic wrote:
> The FHS says:
> The directories /opt/bin, /opt/doc, /opt/include, /opt/info, /opt/lib,
> and /opt/man are reserved for local system administrator use.
> 
> and then says:
> Programs to be invoked by users must be located in the directory
> /opt/<package>/bin or under the /opt/<provider> hierarchy.
> 
> So the opt heirarchy we are creating is basically a 4th sbin (/sbin,
> /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin, /opt/bin). This seems silly to me, and is
> *not* a requirement of the FHS. The only requirement is that if a
> user-run program is in opt, it must be in /opt/<package> which is beyond
> LFS.

Completely agree.  I was just cleaning up my /opt directory today and
noticed these empty directories and deleted them.

  -- Bruce
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