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To: Collins <erichey2@attbi.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo & fhs
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I think this is the best explination of it :

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.12.html

since we dont "add on" either KDE or Gnome I say... Give the man a
balloon.


compare with this though:
<quote>
Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the
/usr hierarchy. 
</quote>
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-4.1.html


//Spider


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On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 17:37:35 -0600
Collins <erichey2@attbi.com> wrote:

> Just finished a lengthy interchange wih a "gentleman" (loosely
> speaking) on another group this weekend.  Said gentleman considers
> himself to be a chief priest of the fhs religion, and he says that he
> wouldn't touch gentoo with a fork because gnome and kde are in the
> /usr hierarchy instead of the /opt hierarchy "where god intended them
> to be."
> 
> Just curious, is he all wet, or is this a conscious departure from the
> fhs requirements?
> 
> -- 
> Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
> gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla
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