[xubuntu-users] shell tools
Peter Flynn
peter at silmaril.ie
Tue Jan 10 21:48:33 UTC 2017
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Ulli Horlacher
> SysV UNIX
On 01/10/2017 12:17 PM, Benjamin P. August wrote:
> In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used
> for extra packages.
> But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt, and once upon a time it was the #1
> proprietary UNIX.
That would explain it. I stuck with SunOS 4.1.3 when Solaris appeared,
so I missed /opt.
> It is a good idea. You can place an optional software package in a
> single directory and do not have to spread it over /etc /usr/bin /lib
> ...
The idea has merit but the name is bad.
What I said: call things what they are, not what imagination offers.
Calling it /apps might have been a better idea, but it's too late now,
just another ill-considered name that needs better documenting.
///Peter
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