So put it in /opt. Or put it in /foo or /dep. Just put it somewhere and put it there every time. I'm not arguing for a *particular* solution. Just *one* solution.
Is there somewhere a compelling argument against standardizing such things. I'm willing to be educated. Michael On Friday 21 June 2002 11:16 am, dep wrote: > begin Michael Hipp's quote: > | Ok, perhaps. But how hard is it to say "pick one, any one, and go > | with it". It's a Jihad because people make it so, not because of > | some compelling technical reason. > > but, you see, there *is* a compelling technical reason. putting it in > /usr makes life very difficult for the non-weenies who compile their > own stuff rather than lap up whatever the distribution packages. this > is because backing up the previous version is extremely difficult, > and because desktops invlove multiple required packages, if the > second or third package compile fails though "make install" was done > on the first one, a broken desktop is the result. which is to say > that putting desktops in /usr was done for the convenience of red hat > software, and for no other reason. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
