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>"Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the |
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>/usr hierarchy." |
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Actually, by the logic stated in the FHS, you could put it under either /usr |
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(because you're the developer of the distribution), or under /opt (because |
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you're the local administrator). |
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>That sentence about "no subdirs in /usr" makes the situation difficult |
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for gentoo. /usr/local is for the local administrator so gentoo can't |
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install there, gentoo has a rule that only binary packages get into |
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/opt, but /opt is the only part of the filesystem that subdirs are |
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allowed in for individual packages according to the fhs. And you can |
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really understand why one wouldn't want to have gnome or kde installed |
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directly into /usr (which would be the only gentoo+fhs compliant solution). |
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>Can anyone lighten me up on why there should be no subdirs in /usr ? |
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I'm not privy to the inner workings of the FHS team's thinking, but from all |
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the stuff they've written, I'm pretty sure it was something like "Make all the |
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stuff WE deal with dirt simple and uncluttered, so we can specify a standard |
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easily". THEY probably wouldn't phrase it that way, mind you. |
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I've been spectacularly underwhelmed by the FHS. I suppose having a bad |
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standard is better than no standard, but there's a LOT of things I'd do different |
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(or suggest to them to do different) if it wasn't a fait accompli. (Beg pardon if I |
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botched the spelling on that last.) |
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I can see two possible outs to conforming to both the FHS and Gentoo's stuff. |
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Either use one of the existing subdirectories of /usr ("bin" and "lib" are about |
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the only two that make any sense) or create a new subdirectory, such as "apps". |
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I'd favor the latter, but I'm not entirely sure that you're allowed to create ANY |
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subdirectories under /usr. ( And if you're not, see my previous opinion about |
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the FHS...) |
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(If my email program makes super-long lines and/or stuffs in HTML junk, my |
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apologies ― I've looked hard and I have no control over it. (I'm at work and |
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not free to choose my email program.) |
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