> >>  > 3. Finally, the RPMs are not compliant with Linux
> Filesystem Hierarchy
> >>  > Standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/), concerning where
> they install
> >>  > files.  My understanding is that everything should be installed into
> >>  > /usr/lib/dx (rather than /usr/local/dx, /usr/dx, or /dx),
> except that
> >>  > the executable script dx should be moved or copied into /usr/bin/dx,
> >>  > and the man page should be moved or copied into /usr/man/man1/dx.1.
> >>  >
> >>  > Thanks for your work on the opendx RPMs. -- Doug Arnold
> >>
> >>  I had /usr in my previous rpms.  However, I prefer not to
> mess around with
> >>  /usr directory therefore choose the /usr/local again.  It is
> my personal
> >>  opinion,
> >>  not to install user applications in /usr directory, instead
> install it in
> >>  /usr/local
> >>  to keep the system binaries separate from user applications.
>
> In that case, I would vote for putting everything in /usr/local/lib/dx
> rather than /usr/local/dx.  And the script in /usr/local/bin/dx and
> the man page in /usr/local/man/man1/dx.1.
>


OK, will make a note for this for next OpenDx release.

Regards
Suhaib

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