[Sunhelp] SGML tools on Solaris7 or non-GNUified Solaris

Wes Hofmann whofmann at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 22 16:44:12 CST 1999


> I guess we differ in opinions of where things should go in
> the filesystem.
> >From reading the FSSTND and FHS, I think that they have
> things pretty well
> layed out, and I like the way that RedHat has implemented
> this.  /usr is for
> all the programs that came with your OS, so that they get
> upgraded when you
> upgrade the OS, or when you apply "patches" or RPMs.  The /usr/local
> filesystem is for products that either don't come packaged
> (with or without
> the OS), and for "unstable" software.  I think this layout

I agree with you here completely.  My only beef was with GNOME.  I think it
should be in /usr/local because it *is* so unstable. :)

Wes


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