On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:53:36AM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Tue, 16 May 2023 09:52:07 +0800 > > Jeremy Ardley <jer...@ardley.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> On 16/5/23 09:11, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > >> > I'd suggest backing up /etc, since that's where your system settings > >> > are. I also back up /var, since that's typically where your logs and > >> > mail are. > >> > >> There is a lot relevant of stuff in /usr/local > >> > >> For instance some programs use /usr/local/etc rather than /etc > > > > They do? I see that my /usr/local/etc is empty. What programs use this > > directory > > It's an odd claim. I typically don't have anything in /usr/local except > what I put there myself [...]
Not many. An "apt-file search /usr/local" turns up exactly three packages. And I'd venture the guess that those three are doing this by mistake. /usr/local is for the "local installation" (well, duh), not for the distro. That's FHS, and Debian packaging rhymes pretty well with FHS. Cheers -- t
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