On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:36:49 +0200 Tollef Fog Heen <[email protected]> wrote:
> ]] Karl Goetz > > | > Separate /usr makes sense is in the embedded case where you are > | > seriously space-restricted and you might want have your OS on fast > | > flash and the apps and user data on cheaper, but slower flash. In > | > those cases, I'd suggest putting apps in /opt rather than the more > | > common /usr. > | > | for a repackaging vendor i can imagine /opt/ being the right place, > but | using /opt for OS components seems slightly bizarre to me > (perhaps I'm | just too used to the current fhs!). > > Well, if you have something like the N900, you'll have the > vendor-provided OS that includes X and whatever libraries that is part > of the standard stack. In addition, you have various apps and addons > that install to /opt. Those are not created by Nokia, but by > third-party vendors. (Nokia does distribute them through their > application installer, though.) I think using /opt in that case makes > perfect sense. I agree, thats how i would envisage /opt being used too. kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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