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* [gentoo-dev] Re: any interest in removing /usr/qt and /usr/kde ?
  @ 2004-09-19 23:06 99%   ` Thomas Weidner
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From: Thomas Weidner @ 2004-09-19 23:06 UTC (permalink / raw
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Luke-Jr wrote:
  > IIRC, having /mnt as anything but an empty directory conflicts with 
the FHS
> also. Gentoo uses /mnt as FHS's /media
/mnt : Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem
Purpose

This directory is provided so that the system administrator may 
temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory 
is a local issue and should not affect the manner in which any program 
is run.

This directory must not be used by installation programs: a suitable 
temporary directory not in use by the system must be used instead.

> On Sunday 19 September 2004 8:16 pm, Dan Armak wrote:
> 
>>The FHS says about /usr: "Large software packages must not use a direct
>>subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy." I agree this rules out what we're
>>doing. The problem is, noone ever proposed a better (more FHS-compliant)
>>solution.
> 
> 
> So is XFree86/X.org in violation of this also?

FHS says about /usr/X11R6: ``An exception is made for the X Window 
System because of considerable precedent and widely-accepted practice.''
So it's an exception, _not_ the rule. (pls don't start to ask if kde/qt 
can also be an exception...not it can not imo)


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