Date: 07 Feb 2002 00:59:14 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com Cc: jan@caustic.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Historical /usr/local Message-ID: <xzplme65fhp.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <B162615B7188D511955F00805F8B207840CFC4@KOGFD-MSX01> References: <B162615B7188D511955F00805F8B207840CFC4@KOGFD-MSX01>
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Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com writes: > /usr is "local" to the machine. /usr/local is also "local". I guess the > only case when /usr is not local is if its nfs mounted-but that can't be the > reason. I realize the convention is that add-on programs go to /usr/local > similar to /opt in slowaris but the terminology or historical basis eludes > me. /usr/local contains site-local binaries and data, i.e. binaries and data that are not part of the operating system itself but have been developed locally or obtained from third-party vendors. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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