On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:11:44 +0200 (CEST)
Mark Weinem <mark.weinem@alumni.uni-due.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> > "Greg A. Woods" <woods@planix.com> wrote:
> >> [...] In any case hier(7) is not only a description of the base
> >> system, but also a guide to the administrator and as such it
> >> should document a suggested layout for locally added files and
> >> subsystems.
> 
> I disagree here: hier(7) is - at least on my system - only a
> description. It doesn't provide any tips or "best practices" about
> system administration so far.
> 
> 
> > [...] In fact, /usr/local/{bin,sbin,include,...} should be part of
> > the defaults used by NetBSD in all contexts.
> 
> NetBSD doesn't care about /usr/local, that's the admin's job.
> If he needs a structure under /usr/local he can just create it.
> But many NetBSD setups will never need /usr/local.
> 
Sure.  But those sites that need it are in trouble if it's not properly
supported.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb