/usr/opt instead of /opt?

[Shachar Shemesh]

On 03/09/2012 03:41 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 10:31 +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
>> Note that /opt is intended for software (and data) that is not a part
>> of the system/distro, is installed in a non-standard way, etc. This is
>> something you may want to keep intact, e.g., when you upgrade the base
>> system.
> What, then, is the difference between /opt and /usr/local?
/opt - binary packages provided by third parties.

/usr/local - locally compiled and performed changes to the system, done
by the administrator

Shachar

-- 
Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120309/e5a3787f/attachment.html>