[oi-dev] 1341 Upgrade cmake to the latest version - bitbucket changeset: Commit dcc62cd7b504 - Please review

[Andrew M. Hettinger]

I realized after sending that, I was unclear.
What I intended to say was "I would encourage the standard set by
filesystem(5) to be followed.

Sorry for any confusion.

Andrew Hettinger
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"Andrew M. Hettinger" <AHettinger at Prominic.NET> wrote on 08/09/2011
05:02:16 PM:

>
> Re: [oi-dev] 1341 Upgrade cmake to the latest version - bitbucket
> changeset: Commit dcc62cd7b504 - Please review
>
> /usr/local is listed as directory-non-grata in filesystem(5).
> Everything in /usr/local (officially) should be in /opt/
>
> "/usr/local
>
> Not part of the SVR4-based Solaris distribution. The
> /usr directory is exclusively for software bundled with
> the Solaris operating system. If needed for storing
> machine-local add-on software, create the directory
> /opt/local and make /usr/local a symbolic link to
> /opt/local. The /opt directory or filesystem is for
> storing add-on software to the system."
> --filesystem(5)
>
> personally, I would encourage this to remain.
>
> Andrew Hettinger
> http://Prominic.NET || AHettinger at Prominic.NET
> Tel: 866.339.3169 (toll free) -or- +1.217.356.2888 x.110 (int'l)
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