From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Aug 23 7:54:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from argon.gryphonsoft.com (mcut-b-078.resnet.purdue.edu [128.211.209.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E62737B422; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:54:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by argon.gryphonsoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C0230197F; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:52:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:52:43 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: David O'Brien Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: People running with LOCALBASE set to something other than /usr/local? Message-ID: <20000823095243.N8055@argon.gryphonsoft.com> Mail-Followup-To: David O'Brien , FreeBSD Ports References: <14754.2222.927759.462718@guru.mired.org> <20000822084309.D38787@hamlet.nectar.com> <14755.26839.743103.399203@guru.mired.org> <20000823065243.A43477@hamlet.nectar.com> <39A3C568.32E686EC@dante.org.uk> <20000823074637.A42348@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20000823074637.A42348@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:46:37AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [ moved to -ports ] On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:46:37AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > Yes, local stuff. IMHO, the Ports Collection using /usr/local was the > biggest mistake of it. The ports collection should have used /usr/pkg/ > as NetBSD does. I have to create /usr/truely-local on my FreeBSD > machines. So let's change the default? It seems a sensible idea to me - only one question: what about X11BASE? -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+ a--- C++ UB++++$ P+ L- E--- W+ N-- !o ?K w--- O- M+ V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X+ R+ tv+ b++ DI+++ D+ G++ e>++++ h! r- y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message