Interbase's default location on Unix is /usr/interbase - this predates
the modern tradition of /opt and /var on Solaris. The default can be
overridden with the use of $INTERBASE* environment variables.

Certainly this is something that can be looked at and modernized -
post-open-source. (At the cost of backwards compatibility for
customers used to having it in /usr/interbase).

The physical install location can be in /opt - but, by default, a
slink would still be needed from /usr/interbase

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Spitzer [mailto:marc@cv.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:18 PM
> To: IBDI@onelist.com
> Subject: [IBDI] Does interbase install in /usr on unix?
>
>
> From: Marc Spitzer <marc@cv.net>
>
> I was just reading the getting started(v6 beta) guide and
> it stated the
> default install for a Solaris package was in /usr. If this
> is true it needs
> to be fixed, the only place a vendor should put his stuff
> is in /opt and
> files that change in size should be in /var/opt.
>
> Marc Spitzer
>
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