upgrading & (re)installing

Posted Mar 27, 2008 4:10 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
In reply to: upgrading & (re)installing by undefined
Parent article: Ubuntu 6.10 reaches end-of-life on April 26, 2008

Just curious... Is /usr/local preserved in any of these upgrades/"sidegrades"? How about /opt? Thanks!