+1 for /opt. We bundled our runtimes and data, and our stuff still works 10 years later (although, yeah, security vulnerabilities, although technically none of

+1 for /opt. We bundled our runtimes and data, and our stuff still works 10 years later (although, yeah, security vulnerabilities, although technically none of it was remote). Um, good luck with your packages where you relied on the OS. Let's not talk about stdlibc++. Hint: if you really want your stuff to work for a long time, depend on the kernel and nothing else. /opt is really where: /opt/importantstuff goes. The stuff where they bundled the libc because Debian changes too fast. Freaky stuff. Telco stuff...