Hi,
On 15 Apr 1999, Rick Thompson wrote:
> What is this standard that has all source compiled packages installed
> in /usr?
This is defined in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which you can
find at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
> My preference would be that all programs are installed to the same
> location as any default installation of the source...so that those of
> us that don't wait for SuSE updates can install over top of existing
> installations.
This is why source packages default to /usr/local. If you want to create
your own package, remove the original RPM and install the new package from
scratch under /usr/local. By doing so you make sure, that you do not mess
up the original system and still have a distinction between programs
belonging to the distribution an manually installed software.
Alternatively you can create your own RPMs! It isn't that hard, especially
if there already is a source RPM from us. Most of the time, you just have
to correct the version number in the spec-file.
Bye,
LenZ
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