>  Hmm.... so, if the local administrator wants to compile the source, it
>should go in /usr/local.  If he wants to use a package manager, it should go
>somewhere else?  Seems either pedantic or silly to me.
Perhaps, but such is how the FHS came out. FWIW, SCO (what I work on daily) 
seems to respect this designation as well.
Rob Nelson
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