Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] Potato -> Woody

[Adrian van den Dries <az@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wrote Matthew Palmer, on June  5 around 10:43:

> Yeah, I know.  Debian's development process is pure Gold, but I believe they
> have *seriously* fscked up in putting everything in /usr.  

I believe Debian merely conforms to the Filesystem Heirarchy Standard
<URL: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/>.

> If I want multiple versions of a package installed [..]

Well, that is why a distribution generally only has a single version of
a package, and you install your own ('local') version in, erm,
/usr/local. Don't play with the packaging, it'll bite you in the bum.

> Ick.

That'd be the packaging biting you in the bum, wouldn't it?

\a.

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