Steve Harris <Steve_Harris AT HEALTH.QLD.GOV DOT AU> wrote:

>To upgrade a Solaris package you have to delete it and then install
>the new one.  If those files were left in the usual place, they would
>be deleted with the uninstall and you'd lose your customisations.
>By linking to /usr/bin they are left alone.

Fine, but why /usr/bin?  Why not /usr/etc, or /usr/lib?  These files
are not executables - they don't belong in a bin directory.

 - seb