From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Aug 18 16:27:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E200B14E3C; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:27:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com (ppp18329.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.9]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA16971; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:28:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id TAA18115; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:28:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:28:41 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Nik Clayton Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default FDP docs installation directory? Message-ID: <19990818192840.D15097@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> Reply-To: hoek@freebsd.org References: <19990818121931.A4266@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990818121931.A4266@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 12:19:31PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 12:19:31PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > > One more thing -- A mid-term goal is for the pre-built docs (HTML, PS, PDF > and so on) to be distributed as binary packages, to be managed using the > pkg_* family. I'm pretty certain this precludes putting the documentation > anywhere other than a subdirectory of /usr/local/, so the old /usr/doc/ > directory is right out. No, it doesn't preclude any locations. Whether the packages are custom built or built by through the ports system, it is possible for them to be in any arbitrary location. With a little care, it is also possible for a pkg_install(1) user to install them into any *other* arbitrary location. -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message