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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
Subject: Re: gentoo vs. the FHS
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:32:25 -0600
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 16:12, dams@... wrote:
> FHS is made so that f*cking proprietary application get well installed on every
> distribution, so that they can sell more, and make the big linux actors (IBM
> and co), more rich.
> 
> If you agree with this way to let linux go forward (I have no opinion on that),
> then be FHS compliant. It's certain that being FHS compliant is a plus when
> dealing with proprietary software companies.

I think you may be confusing FHS with LSB. FHS is actually a decent stab
at standardizing the filesystem hierarchy. However, it is not perfect
and cannot address every possible issue. But it is a good general
guideline.

Sincerely,

Daniel
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