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Date:      Tue, 05 May 1998 20:09:18 -0500
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
To:        MIKE JENKINS <jenkins.mike@epamail.epa.gov>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Writable /usr?
Message-ID:  <354FB83E.85223FB7@airnet.net>
References:  <s54f070e.022@wpmail.gbr.epa.gov>

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MIKE JENKINS wrote:
> 
> Don't the /usr/share/man/catX directories belong elsewhere?
> Linux correctly puts them in /var following the File System
> Standard (FSSTND) now called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
> (FHS) at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/.

Whether or not they are in the right place doesn't matter. To say that
Linux does the job right is an extremely hot conversation topic that I
won't cover here. What matters is that they can be found. Besides, who
says FreeBSD needs to meet anyones specifications for filesystems. We
are based on 4.4 BSD, not (another-UN*X-name-here).
-- 

Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
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TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.

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