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Subject: Re: must /compat/linux stay in root-fs?
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:21:02 +0100
Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:


> Can I safely move the /compat tu /usr/local/compat and do a symlink to
> let point /compat --> /usr/local/compat or is there some reason that
> linux-f10 ports put all into /compat in root-fs?

For me /compat was a symlink to  /usr/compat by default. Perhaps it's
put there by sysinstall rather than the port.