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/local vs /usr/local

/local vs /usr/local

Posted Mar 1, 2012 18:25 UTC (Thu) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: iff you accept /* -> /usr/*, then why not instead /usr/* -> /* by filteredperception
Parent article: Various notes on /usr unification

I think something like /local for code that is specific to an individual machine makes sense. Of course, software that's specific to an individual machine is probably being handled outside the distribution, or it would go wherever the distro decides it belongs. That makes dealing with it a local policy issue, so you're free to name and deal with it however you see fit.


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