On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 05:22:22PM -0500, Adam D. McKenna wrote:
> How about putting qmail (or at least the binaries) in /opt/local/qmail or
> /usr/local/qmail? Apache has recently changed to /usr/local/apache for its
> ServerRoot directory, and I personally like this method. I have recently
> begun configuring most software I install to use /opt/local (which I have
> /usr/local/ symlinked to.)
I think there are just too many variations. For example, RedHat puts
the Apache config. files in /etc/httpd, even though the stock Apache
distribution puts it in /usr/local/etc/apache I think this is what Dan's
trying to avoid.
I personally don't really care whether it's in /opt, /var, or /usr.
I do like the idea of the whole package sitting in the same directory.
It guarantees that a year later I won't have little bits and pieces of
tihs package lying around if I decide to remove it.
Tim
