* J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-15-07 15:16]: [...] > While this is technically true, the fact is that any official suse > rpm packages install binaries in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, etc. OTOH, > tarball builds inevitably default to installing binaries in > /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin, etc, so there is no collision. > According to old unix traditions, /usr/local is where non-vendor > stuff is installed.
But you only address a very small segment. You do not consider the libraries, configuration files, and maintaining the rpm database. The statement I made is very solid. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
