AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zip to Linux · 10 months agoWhat is the /opt directory?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down13file-text
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I’ve seen a lot of self-hosted software wanting to store their data in /opt, is there any reason why?
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoWho gets the final call on that, the developer or the maintainer? I’ve noticed that Landscape goes into /opt, and Canonical is both developer and maintainer there.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoThe developer could do one thing, but whoever builds the package could change it, so the packager.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoThe system admin.
minus-squareFigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoEspecially when some dumbass app starts writing log files to /opt.
Who gets the final call on that, the developer or the maintainer? I’ve noticed that Landscape goes into /opt, and Canonical is both developer and maintainer there.
The developer could do one thing, but whoever builds the package could change it, so the packager.
The system admin.
Especially when some dumbass app starts writing log files to /opt.
Sure, but in the case of dpkg?
The packager.