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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Redhat kde package config
From:       Kurt Granroth <p28901 () email ! mot ! com>
Date:       1999-08-31 15:14:49
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nbecker@fred.net wrote:
> I don't have a copy of FHS in front of me, but IIRC it calls for a
> really *large* package, like kde, to not be dumped into /usr/....  Am
> I wrong?

This was discussed ad nauseum in qt-interest a few months ago.  If you
really want to get a full-featured debate, check out the archives
there.

The short answer is that the FHS (or LSB) mandates that all SYSTEM
packages -- defined as "any package that is included in the base
distribution -- shall be installed in /usr.  All large THIRD PARTY
packages go in /opt.  All other packages go in /usr/local
-- 
Kurt Granroth            | granroth@kde.org
KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth
         KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux

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