It should be in /opt IMHO Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
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Why?!
no comment -- no change.
(In reply to comment #3) > no comment -- no change. Sorry, missed the bug. Usually all closed source softwareis kept in /opt.
Any documentation pointers here? Any recommendations or guidelines?
Have a look at /opt. You'll find all the closed source apps there. Acrobat, Flashplayer, Opera, Rar, Realplayer,... I have never used a distro, not keeping it this way. The only exception regarding Gentoo is the binary OpenOffice.org, but that's due to some restrictions of the user installation process and/or simple maintenance of both the binary and the source version, afaik. When you want more information/oppinions I suppose the gentoo-dev mailing list is the proper place.
The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard specifies opt as an area for add-on applications. This generally provides an easy way to differentiate between gentoo compiled programs (those designed for the system) and self contained closed-source applications (such as acrobat, realplayer, rar, opera, skype, sun's jdk, teamspeak, vmware, cisco's vpnclient, etc.). You can find out more at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES. I don't know if there are any gentoo specific guide-lines about this. It seems to be more of an unwritten rule... Hope this helps...
The stupid binary thing doesn't work in /opt, even with proper symlinks. Check for yourself in Bug 116373. Closing.
