From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Anil Trivedi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:03:16 GMT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <121220021405534518%anil@null.invalid> References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <091220021652087216%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021101520860%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <87u1hjdwta.fsf@hurd.crasseux.com> <84fzt3hvk8.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039723916 17690 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 20:11:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:11:56 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MZgY-0004b9-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:11:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MZfE-0001Qq-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:10:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssrv26.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.text.tex,gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Thoth/1.5.10 (Carbon/OS X) Original-Lines: 11 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.37.190.240 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssrv26.news.prodigy.com 1039726996 ST000 67.37.190.240 (Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:03:16 CST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:03:16 CST X-UserInfo1: O@YORZWDARRAB]\YJJID]_\@VR]^@B@MCPWZKB]MPXHDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.mac.apps:348737 gnu.emacs.help:108054 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4585 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4585 Kai Großjohann wrote: > I'm thinking about making a directory /usr/sw/bin and populating it > with symlinks, but currently, we don't have enough software packages > to justify this effort. (Happily, Debian provides lots of packages > so we don't have to install too many of them.) This is not the most deeply probing question, but is /usr/sw simply your personal preference or is there a good reason for avoiding the more traditional name /usr/local ? (I am curious because I just started installing a few programs and have been putting them in /usr/local).