[svlug] RHL 5.2

[Jonathan Sergent]

In message <4.1.19981113112516.00a4b760 at mail.itrade.net>, Walter Reed writes:
 ] The other minor nit I have with RedHat is the philosophy behind how software
 ] is installed. Check out Apache, which ends up with parts all over the system.
 ] /etc/httpd, /home/httpd, /usr/sbin, /var/log/httpd, /usr/lib/apache, etc.
 ] This is as bad or worse than a Windows program. I'm kind of at a loss trying
 ] to understand why RedHat would move SO far from the standard Apache
 ] installation.

Standards, actually... FHS.

It's actually quite logical from a "bundled with the operating system"
point of vie, and from the point of view of why you have some things
in /usr and other things in /var and other things in /etc to start with.

Whether you like the FHS or not is independent of whether you think
Red Hat is implenting it correctly.  My contention is that they are,
in fact, implementing it correctly, and I don't think you can blame them
for following the relevant standard on the subject.  Personally, I like
that they've gotten the stuff to install "right" rather than all lumped
in the wrong places.


--jss.

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