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From: Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>
To: vapier@g.o, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo vs. the FHS
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:19:19
Message-Id: 200309291519.13694.luke-jr@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo vs. the FHS by Mike Frysinger
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5 > ok i reviewed FHS and decided to not change the way Gentoo does it.
6 > to summarize, Gentoo puts binaries in /usr/games/bin and gaming related
7 > libraries in /usr/games/lib ... i dont know where you're getting this /usr/
8 > games/share since no package should be using this ...
9 > i dont like placing gaming related libraries into /usr/lib since nothing
10 > else in the system cares about games ...
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12 > in my mind it makes people's lives easier if they want to restrict games
13 > ... they only have to look at /usr/games/ and /usr/share/games/ rather than
14 > trying to track down specific files/directories in a huge list in /usr/lib/
15 > -mike
16 Isn't it possible to change these directories anyway? If someone really wanted
17 to change where their games go, couldn't they stick a games.eclass in their
18 overlay to move it there?
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21 Developer, Gentoo Linux
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