Re: FHS vs LSB

[Dan Kegel]

Vincent Béron wrote:
> Le mer 15/01/2003 à 22:20, Tom Wickline a écrit :
> > In updating the Packagers Guide I plan to replace FHS with LSB
> > any objections ?
> >
> > FHS = http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
> >
> > LSB = http://www.linuxbase.org/
>
> Linux is not the only system on which Wine can be built (FreeBSD and
> Solaris/SunOS comes to mind). The FHS covers various Unices, the LSB
> covers only Linux.

I agree the FHS is the right standard to reference.

However, the LSB does not cover only Linux.  It's quite
likely Solaris could conform to the LSB.  The LSB authors
are eager to avoid actually requiring a Linux kernel.
> And if Wine is distributed as a Windows application sometime in the
> future... :)

Heh.  Well, it'll be a cold day in Hell before Windows conforms
to the FHS :-)

- Dan