Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ames!vsi1!wyse!td2cad!mipos3!omepd!andyc From: andyc@inteloa.intel.com (T. Andrew Crump) Newsgroups: gnu.config Subject: Re: Where to install gnu stuff in the file system? Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 89 15:51:26 GMT Sender: news@omepd.UUCP Distribution: gnu.config Organization: BiiN Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 40 In article ham@polya.Stanford.EDU (Peter R. Ham) writes: ++ ++ Is there a standard place to install gnu stuff in a ++ Unix file system? Maybe it doesn't matter, but there ++ must be some places that are more maintainable than others. ++ I'm planning to install stuff in /usr/local/src/gnu ++ like /usr/local/src/gnu/gcc etc. ++ ++ Does this make sens? Where do other people put this stuff? ++ ++ Peter Here at BiiN I have a /usr/gnu directory with /usr/gnu/bin and /usr/gnu/lib subdirectories. In fact it looks like this: /usr/gnu bin lib emacs lock etc info lisp term contrib gcc-include ispell man It works fine! -- Andy Crump BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNN NNNN TM UUCP: ...!tektronix!biin!andyc BBBB BBBB iiii iiii NNNN NNNN DOMAIN: andyc@inteloa.intel.com BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNNNNNNNN BBBB BBBB IIII IIII NNNN NNNN BiiN - An Information Systems Company BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNNN NNN 2111 NE 25th Ave Hillsboro, Oregon 97124-5961