From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Aug 31 20:20:53 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0276FE0528C for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D4B660BE for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id CA867E0528B; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA246E0528A for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from mail-qt0-x232.google.com (mail-qt0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87D35660BC for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by mail-qt0-x232.google.com with SMTP id h15so3231376qta.4 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:20:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chen-org-nz.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=+yb221UcnP7L2UCMWKbo5DvPBEMgCeRW0RY5B1SAJKA=; b=0tWJSiPIrCKVFM5aW+il2CkUgGBVG2G2ptl2L/idLAuxudT9oaGIctl2FRnN5rEyL9 TaOhkt0xf4smYknTQxYzhpHi6CupPHF8cuJDV//+r4qczs7YrDiHwYLuJAjmMl31cPXk YUaLxE+kXgWrM7uE3a9AtRgrfSzBcPIsWKz39LotkL0XnGpt4QaRt17z0T3NHop84Q5D M03q3EchPW0SaB0NNl3QIwM2PQveQT6otCF2M+qFHaX7VmnMzF8+qqg1ybWnNJqzaurD 8lpSmrJQDhadMjO+mAYt5Urgx7zvV5H7q4d60ZgqUBYkgNx6g7GYvcendwAOWR448V8R qHvw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=+yb221UcnP7L2UCMWKbo5DvPBEMgCeRW0RY5B1SAJKA=; b=Y3tCmm/RplO2QZKLGBiVU3rqgk7jOlxEJe97ji1+KLnQfkgW1khB4dlfolwm+8/pkP n1wsNA2P7Y1JiiNB+OFq54TVc0idfsAHMuV2YhFkJ2NZbkFOtKiZW6Xb95h0jKMMILk/ RzpMoAkZZYNoWTCCoEmbdCqwqOcB9DQEngwteUQofm+C9cTi+NLjG5CmptSdTr6Sw2p0 JsKjcA3YfX9PX9m02TbXRyoHXcWFMhs6oQztY/Eco5I7TjqE2Hntj9mH5jcXrKhGY29M VAISISrny4d19Bg0h8O6KnVSByDPW3kWNMcPabvLAMFlkB47Oc0VTHUsIiMV+BL0Wfps m7Vg== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5hr8/b7BDBh/inMuneE8obYyyY2BzaG7f7rNUJOb2yPFfSr3h81 6JRASH3DoF2OOJ4hp3t7qoD4pKFEyCjV X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb7/yPd9O1+lOyQ4VAxZOCzs3/X/FvCWEFoMJApnvy4CbKxitgqm2Zs2tvnnK/Pgmnal+G5k8PvCFxt7bMNxh3A= X-Received: by 10.237.62.181 with SMTP id n50mr9123498qtf.120.1504210851494; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:20:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.94.202 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:20:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [203.99.129.1] In-Reply-To: <76pgqcptlcrvhuavu1bquknbbdfr8n0cdf@4ax.com> References: <59A82622.4030502@gmail.com> <729F1CC6-9A65-4CDF-B7E5-FB520779FD15@adamw.org> <76pgqcptlcrvhuavu1bquknbbdfr8n0cdf@4ax.com> From: Jonathan Chen Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:20:50 +1200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: standard locations for port files To: scratch65535@att.net Cc: freebsd-ports Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:20:53 -0000 On 1 September 2017 at 07:54, wrote: > [Default] On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:53:27 -0500, Adam Vande More > wrote: > >>On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:41 PM, wrote: >> >>> Why wouldn't logs be in /usr/local/var/...? Given that all >>> other port "stuff" is under /usr/local, what advantage is there >>> in making logs an exception? >>> >> >>Because logs shouldn't be under /usr. > > Why not? The current location wasn't determined by natural law, > it was just someone's decision, almost certainly made without > much thought at all. It could be re-decided just as easily. That particular decision was made decades ago that logs are expected to live in /var/log; and re-deciding that decision would break predictably on all BSD based systems. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen