use of /usr/local by packages (again)

Michael R Head burner at suppressingfire.org
Thu Aug 25 17:09:09 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 11:46 -0500, Michael J. Lynch wrote:
> Yes...but the directory name implies it to be, in fact, a *local*
> directory and NOT either shared or a *remote* mount.  

Is that really true? I don't think so. 

'/usr/local' is for "local"ly installed packages. The FHS standard says
nothing about whether it can be a remote mount.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY

> I understand
> what and why you are doing what you are doing, but using the
> directory in that way is a violation of it's defined and intended
> use.
> 
> -- 
> Michael J. Lynch
> 
> What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown
> 
> 
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Michael R Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
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