From: Thomas Dunbar (tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu)
Date: 09/20/92 

From: tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas Dunbar)
Subject: Re: No /usr/local please (Re: Help: Need TeX/LaTeX linked with jump table 4.1)
Date: 21 Sep 1992 02:13:53 GMT

 i certainly agree with HJ and Rik: standard LINUX stuff like TeX (and Emacs,
XFree86, etc) dont belong in a local dir.
 where programs expect TeX stuff is NOT a problem (not with dvips, dvixx, or
xdvi anyway) besides one can always use environmentals or symbolic links.
 the important poinbt, perhaps philosophical, is that the standard stuff
for the os doesnt belong in /usr/local.