In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used for extra packages. But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt, and once upon a time it was the #1 proprietary UNIX.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Ulli Horlacher < frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > On Mon 2017-01-09 (22:33), Peter Flynn wrote: > > > I must have been off-planet when /opt got "standardised"...I still don't > > know where it came from. > > SysV UNIX > > > > Possibly one of the most unnecessary changes ever to affect Linux. > > It is a good idea. You can place an optional software package in a single > directory and do not have to spread it over /etc /usr/bin /lib ... > > -- > Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung > Rechenzentrum TIK > Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de > Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 > 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ > REF:<759e06e1-e311-150c-435e-652638567...@silmaril.ie> > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- --Ben Benjamin P. August - Chapel Hill, NC - @bigbenaugust1 - https://github.com/bigbenaugust "A party without cake is just a meeting." --Julia Child
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