From: peterw@archsci.arch.su.oz.au (Peter Williams ) Subject: Re: No /usr/local please (Re: Help: Need TeX/LaTeX linked with jump table 4.1) Date: 21 Sep 1992 00:13:22 GMT
In article <1992Sep20.104505.6871@serval.net.wsu.edu>, hlu@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep20.014430.19574@ucc.su.OZ.AU> peterw@archsci.arch.su.oz.au (Peter Williams ) writes:
|> >
|> >I am in the process of upgrading to GCC 2.2.2d and jump tables 4.1 and X2.0.
|> >As soon as I have finished I will compile the tex/mf package with jump tables
|> >and make it available on archsci.arch.su.oz.au (129.78.66.1) (probably Monday)
|> >
|> >--
|> >Peter Williams |e-mail: peterw@archsci.arch.su.oz.au
|> >Key Centre for Design Quality |phone: +61-2-692 2053 or +61-2-660 6156
|> >University of Sydney |+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|>
|> I have a suggestion. We drop /usr/local for those
|> essential stuffs, like TeX, groff, ...... I'd like
|> to see those good stuffs be the part of standard
|> Linux distribution.
|>
|> Thanks.
|>
|> H.J.
As the standard place for these packages on unix systems is under /usr/local
that is where I intend to build them (it makes it simpler to upgrade).
However, it is possible for users to relocate them and use the environment
variables (see man pages) to make the new locations known to the executables.
I can see no logical reason for preferring /usr to /usr/local for these packages
let alone one that has sufficient strength to override the update convenience.
In fact, having them in /usr/local instead of /usr helps keep the number of files
in the various directories down to manageable levels.
-- Peter Williams |e-mail: peterw@archsci.arch.su.oz.au Key Centre for Design Quality |phone: +61-2-692 2053 or +61-2-660 6156 University of Sydney |+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++