Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:11:43 +0200 (CEST) | From | Grzegorz Kulewski <> | Subject | [OT] Re: The naming wars continue... |
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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
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