On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 05:30:26AM +0100, Terje Kvernes wrote: > > Why doesn't /opt work? I've looked at the FHS section on /opt and I > > don't see what's wrong with /opt/gnome and /opt/kde. > > because stuff in /opt is supposed to be static packages, not > dependent on anything else on the system, least of all other > packages (heck, formally even depending on glibc is bad). this also > works the other way around, no packages should ideally depend on > anything located in /opt.
Oh. The full magnitude of the problem suddenly dawns on me. /opt is bad because it's contents are not supposed to be dependent on anything else. /usr/local is bad because it's meant for non-distribution packages. /usr/share is bad because it's meant for read-only data. That only leaves /usr, but that conflicts with FHS. I guess that all that can be done is change the FHS. I'll post an email to the LSB-Future mailing list tomorrow. They are currently discussing what to do about KDE and Gnome. Perhaps a not-too-distant version of the LSB will offer a solution. Thanks for clarifying all this. -- Daniel Carrera Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept. University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
