Status and outlook of LSB and FHS compliance of Fedora.

[Aaron Bennett]

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

> 
> I don't think any Fedora package is an add-on to the system. And some
> being optional, everything under /usr is. :)
> 

ok then, according to the spec all of the Fedora.us (Fedora Extras) 
stuff should go under /opt.


>
> 
> Sun's java rpm doesn't in my linux system.
> 

All of their Solaris stuff does under Solaris... that's what I meant.

> 
> 
> Why should any package from any vendor for any system that allows seamless
> installation, removal, listing and verification have to go to /opt?
> 

I don't know.  I'm not advocating moving anything to /opt.  For a number 
of reasons I hate it.  What I'm saying is just moving a bunch of stuff 
to /svr won't achieve FHS compliance unless /opt is addressed.  I think 
that the FHS is a bunch of hooey, to be honest.


-- 
Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering