[OmniOS-discuss] file system organisation for pkg packages

[Eric Sproul]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have started to create packages for omnios and I am a bit at a
> loss as to packaging 'standards' ...
>
> With omnios getting more popular, I think it would be a good move
> to have some standards as to where things should go on the system
> ...
>
> good old
>
> /opt/X
> /etc/opt/X
> /var/opt/X
>
> come to mind

I have tended to prefer the SysV style of /opt/<app> or /opt/<vendor>
so that the entire application set is under a single top-level
directory.  This makes it simple to avoid conflicting with apps from
other sources, which dovetails with the OmniOS
keep-your-stuff-to-yourself philosophy.

Eric