Oliver Elphick wrote:
>
> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> > Question #1: The location /usr/local is reserved (by the Filesystem
> >Standard) for packages/programs you the local admin/user installs
> >yourself. These programs are not known by the Debian/dpkg system. dpkg
> >is not allowed to do anything in /usr/local, thus it must install the
> >things it deals with (*.deb) elsewhere.
>
> To be strictly accurate, this is not a restriction in dpkg but in policy.
> If a package says a file in in /usr/local, dpkg will put it there; but
> Debian maintainers must not allow their packages to put files in
> /usr/local.
>
> It is perfectly possible for you to make packages for local use which
> could legitimately use /usr/local. You would be aggrieved if dpkg were
> to override your wishes!
>
> --
> Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, you said it better than I did. :-)
--
Ed C.
