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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">It was removed because there should be nothing in there. The documentation EXPLICITLY says that. This document also explicitly lists where additions should go (in /opt). This is not exactly a new standard.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">That said, why would you look for something in /usr/local? If we are just going to willy-nilly be adding directories, we should just have it search the entire filesystem, it's the only way be sure. </font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">If there is a desire to change from Solaris standards to the Linux Standard Base, so be it, but if we are going down that route, I'd like to see it explicitly made clear.</font><br>
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<tt><font size="2">Gordon Ross <gordon.w.ross@gmail.com> wrote on 08/09/2011 09:03:03 PM:<br>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Andrew M. Hettinger<br>
> <AHettinger@prominic.net> wrote:<br>
> > I realized after sending that, I was unclear.<br>
> > What I intended to say was "I would encourage the standard set by<br>
> > filesystem(5) to be followed.<br>
> ><br>
> > Sorry for any confusion.<br>
> ><br>
> > Andrew Hettinger<br>
> <br>
> OK, and I think we are, by simply not installing anything there.<br>
> But is there harm in having some tools offer to look there for<br>
> site-specific additions? Lots of tools do that.<br>
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> I'd still like to know why that was removed from all the cmake<br>
> configuration "lists of places it looks for things". Just curious...<br>
> <br>
> Gordon<br>
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