/opt is missing

[Derek Broughton]

Markus Schönhaber wrote:

> Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>> On 8/16/06, Markus Schönhaber <ubuntu-users at schoenhaber.de> wrote:
>> > Peter Garrett wrote:
>> > > Nevertheless, /opt should always be present, even if empty!
>> >
>> > Why?
>>
>> Because striving for standards compliance is generally considered a good
>> thing.
> 
> I still don't get the point why the simple presence of an empty directory
> called "/opt" should be of any value.
> 
> And could you elaborate a bit to which standard one does comply by
> creating "/opt"?
> 
Unless I misrecall, /opt is part of the "File System Hierarchy" standard -
specifically as a place to put non-standard software.  So yes, it should
always exist - unless you're a neat freak like me who removes unused root
directories :-)
-- 
derek