Tuesday, Paul Lussier gleaned this insight:
> > /usr/local (and {bin,sbin} under it) is for "programs local to the site".
> >This usually means whatever software has been installed by the local admin(s),
> >separate from the distro provider.
>
> Here's where you'll likely receive debate from people like my ignorant and
> often argumentative colleague ;)
Um, excuse me? Ignorant? Please...
> (Disclaimer: The fact that this can easily be accomplished by using a
> different location to NFS mount this centralized filesystem on is completely
> beside the point for the scope of this argument. This debate is truly about
> pointlessly debating the semantics of the situation! :)
Right. /usr/local is for files on the LOCAL machine, and /nfs or similar
is for NFS MOUNTED files... seems to be perfectly logical to me. :)
heheh... I've been busy lately... sorry for the slow response.
--
You know that everytime I try to go where I really want to be,
It's already where I am, cuz I'm already there...
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