Filesystem arch changes in Fedora 17

Joe Zeff joe at zeff.us
Wed Apr 18 00:59:27 UTC 2012


On 04/17/2012 10:39 AM, Alan Rodas wrote:
> Also, there are many other directories that doesn't seem to fulfill
> they original purpose anymore, like /opt (Things in /opt could be
> easily installed in /usr/local for what is seems, is that right or am
> I missing something?). Are there any plans to get rid of this folders?

AIUI, there are occasional programs (not in the repos) that expect to go 
into /opt, so it's just easier to have it there JIC.


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