> Am 16.07.2011 21:06, schrieb Siem Korteweg: > [...] >> Why is it not permitted for packages to install files in /opt while that >> is allright according to the FHS and Fedora follows FHS? >> > FHS says in the first sentence: > > »/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software > packages.« > > Installation in /opt is unusual in Fedora, but permitted as far as I > know. Is SCC an »add-on software«? I recognize generic rpm packages as > such, like the Google, Skype, or Adobe ones. In my mind, I package which > will be shipped with Fedora itself should follow the usual standard. The > hierarchy in the generic package is somewhat odd anyway: /opt/scc/bin, > /etc/opt/scc and /var/opt/scc/. There's no common installation prefix, > though. If you could figure out a way to make it work with /usr/bin, > /etc/scc and /var/scc, it would become more transparent. What do you mean with the common installation prefix? What is the common installation prefix when I migrate the software to /usr/bin, /etc/scc and /var/scc? regards, Siem Korteweg -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
