On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:08:00AM -0600, Flood Randy Capt AFCA/TCAA wrote:
>
> This seems to be a flaw with the Debian distribution then. Doesn't the
> Linux filesystems standard (or whatever its called) specify that
> software should be installed there?

No it is not a flaw ;-).
The main argument/idea is, that the directories /usr/local and /opt are 100% controlled by the local policy, therefore no package controlled through the packet manager is allowed to put files in there. The main advante for the system administrator is, that is can do whatever he wants below /usr/local without the risk of breaking the packet manager. Personally I like this very much and it perfectly conforms to the Linux file system standard.
When I remember correctly, the packages officially distributed by Suse or Redhat do not write files into /usr/local. Surely there are rpms (and even debs) floating around the net, which install files below /usr/local, but they are not distributed as official parts of any the distribution (I assume this for Redhat/Mandrake/Suse and it is a strict policy for Debian). When SE-Linux is included in Debian (which I wish), it has to play the game of the Debian Guidelines because it would be an official part of the distribution.

Best wishes

        Achim

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