Perhaps would it be a good idea that the install script ask the user
where he wants to install (even if /opt stays as default). What do you
think about this solution?

Fabrice

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Reeves <paul@f...>
wrote:

> On Wednesday 12 November 2003 21:39, BP wrote:
> >
> > Where does SuSE put MySQL and PostgreSQL?
>
> Probably embedded within /usr, but I don't usually install them or

use them,

> so I have never looked. But distros can and do make their own rules

about

> where to install packages. That is what distros do.
>
> Another topic of endless debate is whether package maintainers

should follow

> the practices of the major distributors, or just a single

distributor, or

> some neutral standard or whatever.
>
> I think the first (and only) question is to decide what is best for

Firebird

> and users of Firebird. Everything else will fall into place.
>
>
> Paul
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