Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 18:46:17 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Historical /usr/local Message-ID: <3C61EA79.8FDA5945@mindspring.com> References: <B162615B7188D511955F00805F8B207840CFC3@KOGFD-MSX01>
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Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com wrote: > Does anyone know the reason we have a /usr/local and a /usr? /usr/local > would seem to be implied. THis was just discussed. o To permit /usr to be NFS mounted read only. o To permit /usr/local to be a shared "application store" from a central server (also read-only). o "/usr/local" is less ugly than "/opt". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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