Encouraging the use of multiple packaging systems on one systems, and the resulting problems (was: re: /usr/local)

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 04:59:38PM +1000, Mike MacCana wrote:
> > This set of problems could be traded for an entirely different set (on
> > Fedora at least) if /usr/local was fully supported. 
> 
> Why should Fedora and Red Hat encourage installing software in a
> non-standard method?

The FHS says that locally built and installed software goes in /usr/local/
so even if you believe RPM is the "one true way" (which I don't for local 
builds quite honestly) then the bug is relevant