Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262492AbUJ0QMq (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:12:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262487AbUJ0QMq (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:12:46 -0400 Received: from h151_115.u.wavenet.pl ([217.79.151.115]:56998 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262497AbUJ0QLv (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:11:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:11:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: Tonnerre Cc: Denis Vlasenko , "H. Peter Anvin" , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Kernel Development , Erik Andersen , uclibc@uclibc.org Subject: [OT] Re: The naming wars continue... In-Reply-To: <20041027154828.GA21160@thundrix.ch> Message-ID: References: <20041026203137.GB10119@thundrix.ch> <417F2251.7010404@zytor.com> <200410271133.25701.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20041027154828.GA21160@thundrix.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1556 Lines: 40 On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, 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. > > I'm not quite a FHS fan. I use libexec dirs, but I still have my build > system under /usr (and my home under /usr/home), and the rest (X, KDE > et al) lives under /opt. Hi, In Gentoo everything goes to /usr/bin or /usr/sbin except very basic things that are instaled in /bin or /sbin and binary-only packages that are instaled in /opt (very good idea). Yes, Linux (or UNIX) directory structure should be changed years ago but nobody (except GOBO Linux I think) is going to do it. That will require patching realy big amount of code and changing some standards. If somebody has time for it feel free to contact me, and I will tell him (or her) what should be changed to produce The New Directory Standard That Breaks Everything But Is The Best And Most Sane In The World (TM)... :-) Grzegorz Kulewski - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/