upm installs in /usr/upm root@blight usr # ls upm/ -l totale 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 424 15 apr 10:35 scripts/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6368 15 apr 10:35 standard.def root@blight usr # ls upm/ -R upm/: scripts/ standard.def upm/scripts: bootstrap* exdrec* info_handler* kde_makefile_fix* perl_pod_handler* trigger_info* doc_handler* final_handler* init.d-writer* man_handler* reg_binary* trigger_init.d* can't it use / as root?
> can't it use / as root? <snip> /usr/upm/ /usr/upm/in/ /usr/upm/env/ /usr/upm/etc/ /usr/upm/scripts/ ... /usr/upm/standard.def /usr/upm/installed/ </snip> So that it would clutter /usr with much more cruft? I guess not.