From: michael@gandalf.moria (Michael Haardt) Subject: Obsolete article, obsolete thread :-) (Re: No /usr/local please) Date: 28 Sep 1992 16:19:20 GMT
In article <1992Sep24.172319.2156@crd.ge.com>, davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
> In article <HEIM.92Sep23153557@luzie.peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, heim@peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Gerald Heim) writes:
> | [I want to keep /usr/local]
> [I like V.4 naming convention much more]
Oh boy, can anybody explain me why this thread is here at all? I see several
things, none of them justifying that waste of bandwidth:
- There are a few "distributions" for beginners. Their maintainers can
decide about the structure, if discussion is needed then I am pretty sure
that joining a channel on the mailing list is better.
- Software should be easy to install. Ok, either it is modern software
then it is easy, no matter what directories you use, or it is something
old, in which case you have to work a little anyway.
- Intolerance of other philosophies about how a system should look like.
Change your system (you are root and have sources for everything) and
convince your friends *by e-mail or talk from face to face*. If you think
that your articles will convince the world, then become a politician.
I usually don't get binaries (GCC is an exception, it is just too big
for me to compile it on my own), but I guess that it is only the
compiler driver which may need to be compiled to change e.g. the
library path, so I will look into it next time.
My directory structure is different from the usual one, it doesn't give
me problems and I am satisfied with it. And no, I will not post it to
avoid flames.
Perhaps it is a good idea for people who maintain "beginners
distributions", to document the used file system structure. New users
can get all descriptions and then use the one which they like most.
Linux is a real UN*X. A friend of mine and me got our systems working by
getting a kernel image, a small root fs to boot the system for the first
time and then getting all needed sources via ftp, either from our local
GNU mirror or from the various servers. No "distribution", no problems.
Michael
PS: Mensch Hinz, sowas von Dir ... *seufz*