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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Better to wait for 10.11?
Date: 14 Sep 2015 14:57:13 GMT
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On 2015-09-14, Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Of course. Anyone with a clue knows it's best to install third-party
>> command-line software in /usr/local. And the vast majority of open
>> source software out there does just that by default. The JF Mezei troll
>> is just trying to manufacture a problem out of thin air so he can
>> continue to troll this new feature in OS X.
>
> Believe it or not, this practice of using /usr/local was shunned by the
> Solaris admins, probably still is.
>
> They all suggested using like /opt for software not shipped with the OS.
>
> The logic behind it was "someday", an OS update could move or replace the
> /usr filesystem/directory path, thus losing everything under it like 
> /usr/local.
>
> That of course never happend in the 25+ years Solaris has been around but 
> still seems to be a voodoo they avoid.

I believe it. I hope nobody held their breath!  : D

OS X isn't Solaris, though. Apple seems to understand that /usr/local is
used by end users and shouldn't be restricted or removed.

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