On 2008-05-01, Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On 2008-05-01, Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:
>>
>> mv /opt /usr
>> mkdir /usr/opt
>
> ITYM
> mkdir /opt


Indeed I did - thanks.


>> mount --bind /usr/opt /opt
>> (and add the appropriate fstab line)
>
> I prefer
>
> mv /opt /usr
> ln -s /usr/opt /opt
>
> No extra mount involved.


I recall some issue (but no specifics) that something had with the
symlink. It could have been backups, or it could have been something
else - I don't remember now, as I've been doing that since 11.0.
Either one is fine for most people, but the bind mount is best IMHO.

-RW