@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat is the /opt directory?message-square45fedilinkarrow-up1127
arrow-up1127message-squareWhat is the /opt directory?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square45fedilink
I’ve seen a lot of self-hosted software wanting to store their data in /opt, is there any reason why?
minus-squarecaseyweedermanlinkfedilink5•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoEspecially when some dumbass app starts writing log files to /opt.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoThe developer could do one thing, but whoever builds the package could change it, so the packager.
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 system admin.
Sure, but in the case of dpkg?
The packager.
Especially when some dumbass app starts writing log files to /opt.
The developer could do one thing, but whoever builds the package could change it, so the packager.