On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 05:10:53PM +0200, Nick Smith wrote:
> 
> Paddy Sreenivasan wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Nick Smith <nick.smith AT techop DOT ch> 
> >wrote:
> >>Hi Paddy,
> >>
> >>It's great that there is a packaged version of Amanda again.
> >>
> >>Why are you installing it /usr/libexec/*, /usr/bin & /var/lib/amanda?
> >
> >I tried to keep the same location as Linux versions. See
> >http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_packages_from_Zmanda_downloads_page
> >
> >>I don't mean to be a troll but there are many standard (sic) places to 
> >>place
> >>third party software on Solaris such as /usr/sfw, /opt/csw, /usr/local. I
> >>know of several sysadmins who would refuse to install the package on the
> >>grounds of lack of separation of OS and third-part apps.
> >
> >If there is standard location for Solaris, please let us know. We
> >would be happy to incorporate it.
> >
> 
> /usr/local - Sunfreeware -> old deprecated BSD structure but still 
> functional
> /opt/csw - Blastwave / OpenCSW packages
> /opt/sun - SUN applications
> /opt - mix of SUN and third-party apps (like Collabnet stuff)
> 
> I understand your wish to keep the same directory structures as Linux 
> but I have the following reservations about this issue.
> 
> 1. Solaris Admins aren't used (or normally) happy about anything getting 
>  installed into /usr/*. Solaris isn't Linux and most Sys Admins either 
> use only one of the OSs or then are likely to understand that 
> differences between the installation structures are necessary.
> 
> 2. The Amanda packages depend on CSW* packages in /opt - a horrible 
> reverse dependency in my opinion.
> 
> 3. The standard OpenSolaris (ZFS) install provides a /opt filesystem 
> specifically for third-party software such as Amanda. This filesystem is 
> guaranteed to be unaffected by BE updates (*probably* wouldn't affect 
> Amanda anyway but you never know...)
> 
> 4. On machines with virtual machines maybe Admins would want to share 
> the /opt filesystem between all the VMs and therefore would have only to 
> update Amanda once on the Dom0 (except for refreshing the amanda service 
> etc). Can anyone comment as my knowledge of VM administration is slight.
> 
> My *personal* suggestion would be to use /opt/amanda/*, /etc/opt/amanda 
> and /var/opt/amanda.
> 
> Please understands these are just my views and suggestions.
> 
> What would other users of Solaris think about this? The more comments 
> the better!
> 

+1 for all 4 points and your personal suggestion.

jl
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