Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
>
> Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
> >
> > Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> > >
> > > File system standards claim every program installed by a
> > > distribution should be neither in /opt nor in /usr/local nor in
> > > any other local directory than in the standard directory tree.
> > >
> > > Following that Mandrake people, trying hard to be obediant
> > > followers of fash(CUT THAT OUT!) of standards put all KDE files
> > > in /usr and it's subdirs.
> >
> > Actually I believe that's RedHat's fault.
>
> Now is that so? Then why is Mandrake following?
> In my mind it makes sense for everything close to a distribution
> and/or the kernel. For more independent packages like
> KDE/GNOME/Netscape/StarOffice/ApplixWare it doesn't make sense.
> And nobody looks for StarOffice or Netscape executables in
> /usr/*. Netscape used to install itself in /usr/local IIRC.
>
> Again, if it is *not* a standard then why change the default
> location when everybody was used to look at /opt?
I have no idea. I thought the new standard for filesystem
layout was to put application software and tools in /opt
HP-UX does this along with other industrial UNIX's.
They use /opt/corp/tools/bin and /opt/corp/tools respectively.
There is also /opt/corp/local/
Why is RH not following suit? Who knows. I think that putting
things in /usr is the old layout that RH is hold true to.
Also, I don't know if you are the guy who controls the
Mandrake-Answers page but it is very hard to find off of the
main Mandrake page. Can someone put a link to it there in a
place that makes sense. Maybe under documentation. I tried finding
it last night and it took me forever and I'd found it once
before. Think how newbies must feel. The Mandrake answers section
should definately be under documentation and the netscape FAQ along
with others should be under the FAQ's section of the main page.
Cheers,
Sheldon.
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