Re: %files directive with relocation in %install

[Michael Jennings <mej kainx org>]

On Tuesday, 27 June 2006, at 16:36:20 (-0700),
Wichmann, Mats D wrote:

> If you're not a distribution provider, you should not be putting
> things in the distribution provider's space (/usr).

What you call the "distribution provider's space," I call the "package
manager's space."

> "third party" packages are supposed to go in /opt by the FHS
> guidelines, under a subdirectory that is either a provider name or a
> package name

/opt is a misguided attempt at package management by placing packages
into self-contained directory structures which can be easily removed
or relocated using "rm -rf" or "mv" instead of having to piecemeal
through /usr/local.  It fails miserably to account for such basic
principles as $PATH and ld and has been rendered obsolete by proper
package management such as that provided by RPM.

The FHS, being OS- and PM-agnostic, allows for /opt, but its use on an
RPM-based system is counterproductive and foolhardy.

Michael

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