Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:36:56 +0100 From: Konstantin Chuguev <Konstantin.Chuguev@dante.org.uk> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: People running with LOCALBASE set to something other than /usr/local? Message-ID: <39A3C568.32E686EC@dante.org.uk> References: <14754.2222.927759.462718@guru.mired.org> <20000822084309.D38787@hamlet.nectar.com> <14755.26839.743103.399203@guru.mired.org> <20000823065243.A43477@hamlet.nectar.com>
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"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:01:59AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > Um - why? If you removed the setting of LOCALBASE in that case, you
> > wouldn't change the disk layout at all.
>
> I prefer installed executables, data files, and man pages to refer to
> /opt. Duh.
>
Just wondering: what is the reason of using /opt instead of /usr/local,
apart from Solaris influence? Do you use /usr/local for anything?
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