Re: "Upgrade" from Redhat -> Debian?

[Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>]

cfm@maine.com writes:

> 2) local versions of software - we had local in.tftpd,
>       rcp.*, wu.ftpd (to name a few) that got wiped out
>       in upgrade process often without warning.  We now
>       keep them in /var/<local_package> and the debian
>       upgrade process leaves them alone.

/var/* is not safe.  The only place that is safe for local stuff is
/home or /usr/local/*.  I'd recommend using /usr/local/<local_package>
or /usr/local/opt/<local_package>

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