[Sunhelp] /opt

[John Kennedy]

I personally prefer to leave /opt for packages and use /usr/local for 
software.  For no other reason than I know where my packages and source 
are.  The exception would be the packages I get from sunfreeware.com 
which are packages but install in /usr/local (GCC, gzip, gtar are the 
only ones...)
John

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On 7/11/00, 5:02:07 PM, Karl Rossing <karl.rossing at federated.ca> wrote 
regarding [Sunhelp] /opt:


> Hi,

> I'm wondering what would be considered "best practice" under solaris 8.

> Should i use /opt or /usr/local or maybe even both for 3rd party
> software?

> Is /opt only used for solaris packages installed with pkgadd?

> Karl