On Sunday 28 October 2007 15.27.21 Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> "Fergal Daly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > When should anything go in /usr/local/{bin,lib}?
>
> E.g. when you are not wanting to upgrade the system later.
> I think of (virtual) machines here, that are installed and configured
> automatically.That is really wrong, placing something stupid under for example /usr/local/bin should really not break upgrades or any other system software. Please read chapter "9.1.2 Site-specific programs" of the Debian Policy Manual, Fergal provided a link and a quote of the most relevant part in his e-mail. I am not saying that /usr/local/$PACKAGE is a bad idea, I use something very similar on several systems. But this is not a standard or required method for installing site-specific programs. Off course Ubuntu is not Debian so there might have been a decision that this does not apply to Ubuntu. If this is the case then I apologize. regards Pär Andersson
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