On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:55:30PM +0200, Holger Brueckner wrote:
>hi,
>
>here's my personal fix:
>
>mv /opt /usr/opt
>ln -s /usr/opt /opt

and how is this a) less places for binaries to be. and b) better. and c)
fhs2.1 compliant.

/usr/opt/gnome/bin is much more to type than /opt/gnome/bin. It's still
not dropping the binaries in /usr/bin.

I do not think that symlinks make you fhs2.1 compliant.

>
>:)
>Holger ... voted most angry looking #gentoo member ... *hehe*
>
>> Oops.  Well then, if that's the standard, all for it!  Maybe I shouldn't
>> write stuff like this so late at night ;).
>>
>> Thanks for setting me straight,
>> -Aaron
>>
>>
>> On 13 Jun 2001 02:25:32 +0200, Thilo Bangert wrote:
>> > hi aaron,
>> >
>> > Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2001 09:02 schrieben Sie:
>> > > I have question/suggestion.  Is it really necessary to put mozilla,
>> > > gnome and others in /opt?  I know it keeps it a bit more organzed and
>> > > such, but it really makes it a pain when compiling things. Some
>> > > programs, despite what they're told to use via the configure script
>> > > insist on using includes from /usr/include instead of
>> > > /opt/gnome/include.  If not changing it, at least provide sympolic
>> > > links or something (ie ln -s /usr/gnome/include/* /usr/include/ ).  I
>> > > think it would solve quite a few problems.
>> > >
>> >
>> > if i remember correctly does the Linux Standard Base define to put
>> > gnome, kde etc in /opt - so your "things" configure scripts/Makefiles
>> > should be adjusted to look there too/first.
>> >
>> > > -Aaron
>> >
>> > greetings
>> > Thilo
>> >
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