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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

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