On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:35:44AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > FHS says that this directory is for "binaries not needed in single user > mode". > But then I went over and looked at the /opt which also seemed rather > reasonable as a place to put things. > > It also seems a heck of a lot easier to manage the installation and (more > importantly) the removal of software through the /opt structure. > > I am wondering if someone could explain to me why /opt isn't used much if > at all and under when circumstances it would be expected to be used, or not.
Debian prefers to leave /opt for the system administrator. Since we have dpkg, there's no need to worry about ease of installation or removal; you should be using the package management tools to do that anyway. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
