François Pinard wrote:
I think it would be a good idea if SuSE was finding some nice way to `/usr/local' fully alone. No `ftp', no `http', nothing, at least by default. I think `/usr/local' should be kept for local installations, those which occurred _once_ the Linux system has been installed, and which are not part of the CD-ROM.
I agree with that 100%. One of the tricky things about maintaining a system (not just Linux) is making sure that a system upgrade or update doesn't kill any software that you've installed yourself. Conceptually that's what local is for. But sometimes things get murky. For instance, if you install something in /usr/local and it later becomes part of the standard distribution, you have to get rid of your personal copy (presuming that your /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin in your path). There are still some tricky areas. For instance, I'm unsure about how to insert entries in crontab that will survive a system upgrade; same goes for changes to /etc/XF86Config. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/