[arch-general] Question about the mailman package

Sebastian Köhler sebkoehler at whoami.org.uk
Sat Oct 17 07:48:19 EDT 2009


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Hi,

I just tried to install the mailman package but I'm wondering if there
is a good reason why this package installs all its content into /home/ ?

Wouldn't /opt/ be a better place for a program like mailman?

According to [1] the /home/ directory is off limits for packages.


[1]<http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards#Directories>
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