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From: Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com
To: des@ofug.org
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Subject: RE: Historical /usr/local
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 00:08:33 -0000 
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OK.  /usr/sbin/named would be third-party.  a "developed locally" example is
a system adminstrator who writes a utility for his machine and should put it
there? 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav [mailto:des@ofug.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 5:59 PM
> To: Lyons, Kevin KOGFD US
> Cc: jan@caustic.org; freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Historical /usr/local
> 
> 
> 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
> 

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