Re:Arch Linux – "It is what you make it"
by lvillani on Saturday September 17, 2011 @06:40AM
(#3007739)
From the FHS:
"The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally. It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is updated." [1]
And I believe that "system software" today means "installed by a package manager" (please correct me if I'm wrong).
I personally (rarely) use /usr/local for manually-installed packages. This way there's no risk of a package manager accidentally overwriting stuff outside its control.
"The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally. It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is updated." [1]
And I believe that "system software" today means "installed by a package manager" (please correct me if I'm wrong).
I personally (rarely) use /usr/local for manually-installed packages. This way there's no risk of a package manager accidentally overwriting stuff outside its control.
[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEUSRHIERARCHY