On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 12:23, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > I haven't come across packages that install into /opt. For source > > packages, I use ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/packagename > > and have "stow" handle the symlinking to /usr/local/bin, etc. > > > > > > The OpenOffice.org binary tarball defaults to /opt (at least it did > in version 1.0)
I've never understood the need for /opt/. Or more precisely, I've never understood the need for /opt/ when you have /usr/local/, and in my travels have yet to find any solid reasoning beyond what seems to be that the first person to create /opt/ didn't know about /usr/local/. (I'm almost certainly wrong of course, but I still haven't been able to find anything that tells me so with any decent authority.) - Edward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
