Re: [gentoo-dev] make install suggestion/question

[Holger Brueckner]

hi,

just my personal opinion ... is there any reason to use opt at all ? ok, you
reply it's standard .. but what do we really need it for ? now we have /usr
/usr/local and /opt .. three different places for binaries to go too. i
really don't like that :)

here's my personal fix:

mv /opt /usr/opt
ln -s /usr/opt /opt

:)
Holger ... voted most angry looking #gentoo member ... *hehe*

> Oops.  Well then, if that's the standard, all for it!  Maybe I shouldn't
> write stuff like this so late at night ;).
>
> Thanks for setting me straight,
> -Aaron
>
>
> On 13 Jun 2001 02:25:32 +0200, Thilo Bangert wrote:
> > hi aaron,
> >
> > Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2001 09:02 schrieben Sie:
> > > I have question/suggestion.  Is it really necessary to put mozilla,
> > > gnome and others in /opt?  I know it keeps it a bit more organzed and
> > > such, but it really makes it a pain when compiling things. Some
> > > programs, despite what they're told to use via the configure script
> > > insist on using includes from /usr/include instead of
> > > /opt/gnome/include.  If not changing it, at least provide sympolic
> > > links or something (ie ln -s /usr/gnome/include/* /usr/include/ ).  I
> > > think it would solve quite a few problems.
> > >
> >
> > if i remember correctly does the Linux Standard Base define to put
> > gnome, kde etc in /opt - so your "things" configure scripts/Makefiles
> > should be adjusted to look there too/first.
> >
> > > -Aaron
> >
> > greetings
> > Thilo
> >
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