Re: Berlin & FSSTND/FHS
On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 10:46:42PM -0700, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 02:02:01PM +0900, OhkumaTadayoshi wrote:
> >
> > Jordan wrote:
> > > Would we be violating policy if we created /usr/Berlin?
> >
> > If you comletely follow FHS2, /opt is for this purpose, I think.
> > I don't know exact reason why 'base-files' lacks this directory.
> > Though /opt is not required from beauty points of view... :-)
>
> FHS2 also plainly states that the distribution is to never touch /opt. This
> is completely reserved for local manipulation.
No, /usr/local is for local. /opt is for third parties. Like Berlin,
which is not a distribution.
When and if a distribution will distribute Berlin, then they will
install it in /usr/{bin,lib,... }
fab
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