Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries
Date	2017-04-20 07:00 +0200
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Ben Finney composed on 2017-04-20 13:53 (UTC+1000):

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> Denying an admin the right to create other directories in the root of
>> /usr/local/ makes no sense to me.

> It makes sense in the context of “this space reserved for future use”.

> The operating system reserves some name spaces – including the root
> directory – to allow newer versions to introduce new entries
> unilaterally, knowing that any existing entry found there is *already*
> in violation of the standard and should be removed.

Again, /usr/local/ to other than a sysadmin I read to be defined as read-only,
so I don't see how "reserved for future use" (absent from
http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html BTW) could apply.
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Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-19 14:40 +0200
  Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-04-19 15:10 +0200
    Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-19 19:50 +0200
      Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-04-19 20:00 +0200
        Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-04-20 05:50 +0200
      Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-19 20:30 +0200
        Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 21:10 +0200
          Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-20 05:00 +0200
        Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-20 02:10 +0200
          Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-04-20 06:00 +0200
            Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-20 07:00 +0200

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