Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:17:33 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <14899.62189.243395.903919@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <14899.41809.754369.259894@guru.mired.org> References: <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org> <14898.31393.228926.763711@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012091347030.88984-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <200012100904.CAA27546@harmony.village.org> <3A336781.94E1646@newsguy.com> <14899.41809.754369.259894@guru.mired.org>
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> I'm aware that software was installing itself in /usr/local years > before it was installing in /opt. On the other hand, vendor software > was installing in /opt years before I ever saw it install in > /usr/local. Most vendor software I know pre-dates /opt, and installed itself in /usr/local. I'm with Warner on this one, installing in /usr/local predates /opt by many years. Before /opt, vendors always used /usr/local, or worse they installed in /bin and /usr/bin. > > : Rant second: FreeBSD *violates* years of traditions with it's > > : treatment of /usr/local. /usr/local is for *local* things, not add-on > > : software packages! Coopting /usr/local for non-local software creates > > : needless complexity and confusion, which of course leads to needless > > : pain. > > Ummm, software packages have been make installing into /usr/local > > since at least 1985 when I started building them. no coopting has > > been done. > > If memory serves (and it may not at this remove), /usr/local/bin > wasn't on my path until I started using VAXen, meaning there were few > or no packages installing in /usr/local on v6 & v7 on the 11s. On V7 (the earliest software I have), vendor software installed itself in /usr/[bin|lib], which is IMO worse than /usr/local. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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