Re: packaging suggestions.

["Nicolas Mailhot" <nicolas mailhot laposte net>]

Le Mer 15 février 2006 16:30, Ralf Corsepius a écrit :
> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 09:45 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
>> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 09:11 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 01:13 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 18:42 +1300, Michael J Knox wrote:
>> > > > Stephen J. Smoogen said:
>> > > > > On 2/14/06, seth vidal <skvidal linux duke edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > Could /opt/bro be a possability?
>> > > >
>> > > > I have started the trek of patching up bro to be a little more FHS
>> > > > friendly, but no idea as to when I will be finished.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > /opt is discouraged for package-managed software.
>> > Correction: for OS-vendor supplied packages.
>> >
>> > There isn't anything wrong in using /opt rsp. /opt/<package> for
>> > package-vendor supplied packages.
>> >
>>
>> okay -but surely we count as os-vendor not package-vendor, right?
> Yep, at least that's how all FE packages currently are being packaged.

Also /opt is just a loophole the big closed app vendors that compose LSB
requested. It should not be used on a clean system

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot