Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263385AbUJ2Ovt (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:51:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263360AbUJ2Ot2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:49:28 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:13075 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263377AbUJ2Oq5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:46:57 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:46:25 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Tonnerre Cc: Denis Vlasenko , "H. Peter Anvin" , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Kernel Development , Erik Andersen , uclibc@uclibc.org Subject: Re: The naming wars continue... Message-ID: <20041029144625.GN6677@stusta.de> 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 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041027154828.GA21160@thundrix.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1336 Lines: 45 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 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/