> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Ulli Horlacher > SysV UNIX On 01/10/2017 12:17 PM, Benjamin P. August wrote: > In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used > for extra packages. > But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt, and once upon a time it was the #1 > proprietary UNIX.
That would explain it. I stuck with SunOS 4.1.3 when Solaris appeared, so I missed /opt. > It is a good idea. You can place an optional software package in a > single directory and do not have to spread it over /etc /usr/bin /lib > ... The idea has merit but the name is bad. What I said: call things what they are, not what imagination offers. Calling it /apps might have been a better idea, but it's too late now, just another ill-considered name that needs better documenting. ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
