From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.util.phx.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1KFrSLL022897 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:53:28 -0500 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1KFrRtJ013364 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:53:27 -0500 Received: from relay2-v.mail.gandi.net (relay2-v.mail.gandi.net [217.70.178.76]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1KFqsLY026856 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:52:55 -0500 Received: from localhost (mfilter3-v.gandi.net [217.70.178.37]) by relay2-v.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC8FA135DB for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:52:48 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter3-v.mgt.gandi.net Received: from relay2-v.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.76]) by localhost (mfilter3-v.mgt.gandi.net [217.70.178.37]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id d0J+-krdsVIm for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:12:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from data.home (unknown [82.166.29.82]) by relay2-v.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1DD135DD for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:52:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1JRrEA-00020Y-00; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:51:22 +0200 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:51:21 +0200 (IST) From: Geoff Shang To: Linux for blind general discussion In-Reply-To: <200802201639510875.001DD67D@127.0.0.1> Message-ID: References: <200802201639510875.001DD67D@127.0.0.1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: Geoff Shang X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -1.028 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.52.254 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 172.16.48.32 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Configuration files X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:53:29 -0000 Hi, A friend of mine is fond of saying the following: The nice thing about standards is that there's so many to choose from. The issue here is that different systems have different defaults. Debian packages have a standard place for putting things. Tarballs usually install to /usr/local but not always. Other systems or distributions will install to other places. I don't have anyhting in /opt on my system for example but some do. You basically have two options. First, you can put everything in the same place so you know where to find it, though you can run into trouble if you mix packages with source tarballs. The second is to let things go where they go and live with it. I usually do the latter, partly because I prefer to install tarballs to /usr/local and let packages install to other places, and partly because I'm too lazy to bother with configure options, etc. At the end of the day, as long as the things that need to find your files can find them, you'll be OK. Geoff.