Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo vs. the FHS

[Daniel Robbins]

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 16:12, dams@×××.fr 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