Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 00:08:33 -0000 From: Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com To: des@ofug.org Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Historical /usr/local Message-ID: <B162615B7188D511955F00805F8B207840CFC5@KOGFD-MSX01>
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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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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