From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 13 Dec 2002 10:59:41 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: 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> <121220021405534518%anil@null.invalid> <3DFA0C87.1040808@ihs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039806223 792 80.91.224.249 (13 Dec 2002 19:03:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:03:43 +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 18Mv65-0000CN-00 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:03:41 +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 18Mv3M-0001Eh-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:00:52 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.text.tex,gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 26 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.mac.apps:348841 gnu.emacs.help:108101 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:4632 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4632 >>>>> Kevin Rodgers writes: > Anil Trivedi wrote: >> 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). > Stick with /usr/local. We just had some confusion at my site over > the fact that Sun has started to distribute some open source/free > software in /opt/sfw. We decided to make /usr/local a symbolic link > to /opt/sfw so that default GNU etc. configurations would get > installed in the same place. Actually, it may be better to *NOT* use /usr/local, particularly if you're trying to build a /usr/local for a number of operating systems. By leaving /usr/local open to being just a symlink farm, it's easier to manipulate what to put in there (as in "scripts from the generic depot and exes from the O/S depot"). Ultimately, you may want to have multiple /usr/local directories (one for "LatestDevel", one for "BugTest", one for "Support", etc.). -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA