Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:28:51 +0000 From: Dovydas Kulvinskas <dovydas@kada.lt> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Having an /opt partition Message-ID: <36B97663.AA051F13@kada.lt> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902020346150.8535-100000@guru.phone.net>
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Hello /opt partition is under our Alpha's Digital unix. It's an instalation directory for our Magneto Optic disk 2.3GB. Dovydas Mike Meyer wrote: > > I've only seen it on Solaris systems. Seems to be their answer to > having a place for optional packages. Of course, there's also a > /usr/opt as well. > > I can't see much point in doing it. It'd have been nice if the > packages/ports collections had built to /usr/opt so that /usr/local > could be used for things that were local-local, instead of > freebsd-local, but it's a bit late for that. > > <mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Loan-department manager: "There isn't any fine print. At these interest rates, we don't need it." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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