RedHat, Fedora future?

[Bob Marcan]

Adam Cooper wrote:
>>From the Red Hat 9 "Getting Started Guide" Appendix D:
> 
> /usr/ - Contains files and directories directly relating to users of the
> system, such as programs and supporting library files
> 
> /opt/ - Directory where optional files and programs are stored. This
> Directory is used mainly by third party developers for easy installation
> and un-installation  of their software packages.
> 
> I thought that makes their stance (as in Red Hat) pretty clear. 
> 
> I'm pretty new to this. Is this a non-standard way of doing thing then?
> 
> Adam Cooper
> 
> 

DEC^H^HCompaq^H^HHP Tru64 uses /opt and /usr/opt for their own add on 
packages:

gin$ ls -1 /opt
DIA340/
IAE590/
IAE592/
MME304/
OSP540/

gin$ ls -1 /usr/opt
APX120/
DIA340/
DVT220/
FSF/
GPA314/
IAE590/
IAE592/
JAV118@
LDP100/
MME304/
OSP540/
PRT301/
SYSCHECK126/
VisualThreads@
alt/
col/
compaq/
java131/
java141/
java142/
jre118/
motif2.1/
osf1@
s5/
svr4/
ultrix/


Regards, Bob
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