Hi

Is there anything wrong with using /usr/opt (or /usr/pkg) as the 
"standard" location for "ported software", and having /usr/opt
be a link to /usr/local (or /usr/local be a link to /usr/opt)? 

Folks who want everything to go into /usr/local get what they want -- 
installations of the "packages" is into /usr/opt (which is "equivalent"
to /usr/local).

Folks who want separate /usr/local and /usr/opt (myself included) 
get what they want by simply removing the /usr/opt->/usr/local (or /usr/local->
/usr/opt) link -- "packages" go into /usr/opt, and don't 
interfere with stuff in the /usr/local hierarchy.

Perhaps the install script asks "Do you want /usr/local to be 
equivalent to /usr/opt [y/n]?" (and then DTRT), after a warning 
that "ported software" will default to installing in /usr/opt....

Just my $0.02.  Comments?

Later...

Greg Oster

oster@cs.usask.ca
Department of Computer Science
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA