Just don't suggest this to the people who either write their own stuff or add a lot of semi-customized stuff from other distros and stuff like that. I know of more than a few people who even mount /usr/local on a separate partition so that it doesn't get overwritten on upgrades. It also makes a very convenient backup target for the same purpose. I realize its probably just a useless appendage for people like you who could give a hoot, but it does have a purpose in the whole scheme of things. I is an attempt to separate what came WITH your distro from what you have later ADDED on. And when you perform upgrades or need to do a reinstall, it can be your friend.
-George Nelson Bartley wrote: >Heyo, > >With the incredable amount of customization of the Mandrake setup, why >not remove the /usr/local directory from actual existance, and make is a >sim link to /usr. This has solved SO MANY of my problems when compiling >software and installing other software which is not packaged for >Mandrake. > >I think this would help out not only silly people like me (who didn't >realize that the /usr/local/ directory structure is a great place for >files to be put be stupid ./configure scripts) and newbies who don't >even know what that directory is for.. (seems to strike a cord there >too). > >Just for my personal reference, what's the point of having the >/usr/local directory in the current Mandrake setup anyways? > >NB > > > > >
