Subj : MBSE and FHS
To   : Vince Coen
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Sat Aug 24 2013 05:31 pm

Hello Vince!

10 Aug 2013 12:57, Vince Coen wrote to Robert Wolfe:

VC> Hello Robert!

VC> 09 Aug 13 00:23, you wrote to Benny Pedersen:

>>> is to prevent make install not overwriteing os files

>>> in linux if i make with:

>>> ./configure
>>> make
>>> make install

>>> then it should use /usr/local as MBSE_ROOT (prefixing)

>>> /opt is for systems that does NOT use make install

>> Hmm, I was always taught that /opt was for the installation of
>> OPTional packages/software?

VC> Totally agree with you and is the standard now for many packages that
VC> I have
VC> installed:

VC> Adobe
VC> F-Prot
VC> LibreOffice
VC> Calibre
VC> VirtualBox

VC> and mbse


if mbse is precompiled non opensource its should install in /opt, if one
compiles local it should stick to fhs with /usr/local prefixing, simple to
break things if one wants

when i get around to do the gentoo ebuild it would be using fhs prefixing with
/usr

i will for the last time say:

/opt       : is for optical packages that is not installed via opensource that
is compiled local
/usr/local : bsd default make, make install, did you see freebsd use /usr ?
/usr       : linux default native local compile prefixing


Regards Benny

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