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18I disagree about your monolithic point. The FHS standard says packages installed in /opt subdirectories must have their host specific files be installed outside /opt, respectively under /etc/opt/package for configuration files and /var/opt/package for logs, spool and similar. /opt is actually closer to the unix deployment rules than /usr/local, which put everything under a directory that should be read-only but can't be for obvious reasons.jlliagre– jlliagre2013-04-04 09:03:23 +00:00Commented Apr 4, 2013 at 9:03
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10Sure, if I were making an opt package and wanted to claim FHS compliance. Otherwise the standard is more what you'd call "guidelines". Just because NetBeans doesn't use /etc/opt/netbeans isn't going to keep me from putting it in /opt for system-wide or $HOME/.local/opt for a single-user.jla– jla2015-05-14 18:59:29 +00:00Commented May 14, 2015 at 18:59
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3@jla I assume your last comment was directed to me so please use @ xxx when replying to someone else that the OP or the reply author. About /etc/opt, the FHS doesn't say it is a recommended location (as a guideline) but a mandatory location. You or Netbeans developer are free to violate that standard as there is no authority to enforce it, but don't tell doing it wrong is the way to go. It is just an unfortunate misunderstanding or deliberate violation.jlliagre– jlliagre2015-05-22 11:15:40 +00:00Commented May 22, 2015 at 11:15
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16@jlliagre As an administrator of my system, the FHS is a set of guidelines. The /opt directory is the common sense well-established place to put monolithic /opt/<package> or /opt/<provider> software. When I install a package that wants to use <package|provider>/all/data/required/to/support, it's going into opt/ even if provider fails to follow every detail of the latest FHS. I might send an email or report a bug, but I'm not going to put that monolithic package somewhere else to feel better about FHS on my system.jla– jla2015-05-27 18:04:09 +00:00Commented May 27, 2015 at 18:04
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3@erm3nda That means the packages you installed do violate the FHS. Not sure to get what you mean with "Should?"jlliagre– jlliagre2016-01-26 00:46:09 +00:00Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 0:46
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