[Mimedefang] /opt (was: Notice: Dropping support for RAV AntiVirus)

[Justin Shore]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Kenneth Porter wrote:

> --On Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:46 PM -0500 Justin Shore <listuser at numbnuts.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > The very first thing I noticed was that it
> > insisted on using what I consider an oddball directory structure that I do
> > not use: /opt.  In fact /opt is one of the many directories I remove
> > during the initial set up process on a fresh RH installation.
> 
> Get used to /opt. It's part of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), in
> turn a part of Linux Standard Base (LSB). All distros are supposed to adhere
> to LSB so that 3rd parties can "follow the rules" when figuring out where
> stuff goes. /opt is the new standard place for 3rd party non-distro stuff to
> go. (I think this was inherited from the Sun world.)

I'm aware of FHS unfortunately.  IMHO FHS is completely and utterly
useless (I had another word here that I choose to remove).  But then again
that's just my very opinionated self talking.  Standardization is nice but
that doesn't in any way shape or form mean a 3rd-party package can't be
"relocatable."

> For practical purposes, I suggest symlinking or using a loopback mount to
> /usr/local/opt, to avoid filling up your root partition.

I'll stick with deleting /opt for the forseeable future.  I rarely use
canned 3rd-party and, given my history with RAV, will not use any package
that insists on using /opt.  There's nothing like creating yet another
directory structure to confuse us admins in the wee hours of the morning. 
:(

Justin