The major problem here is that there isn't a standard. Or rather, there is,
but nobody is using it. Is this because the standard is unsatisfactory? Or
just because people are lazy? Or that they don't know about it? (And I am
not talking about OS distributors only, I am also talking about people who
write their own software and distribute it in source form.)
--Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: /var, /opt, /package
: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
:
