Re: The naming wars continue...

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 05:48:28PM +0200, Tonnerre wrote:
> Salut,
> 
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:33:25AM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > Why there is any distinction between, say, gcc and X?
> > KDE and Midnight Commander? etc... Why some of them go
> > to /opt while others are spread across dozen of dirs?
> 
> Well.
> 
> FHS specifies that everything needed  to boot the system should got to
> /bin  and /sbin. The  base system  (build system,  etc.) should  go to
> /usr. The rest should be /opt/itspackagename.
>...


The last phrase isn't exactly correct.


The FHS says:
  Distributions may install software in /opt, but must not modify or 
  delete software installed by the local system administrator without 
  the assent of the local system administrator.


E.g. Debian installs nothing under /opt .


> 			    Tonnerre

cu
Adrian

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