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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 14:10:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
To:        Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SSH2 (in FreeBSD-Questions)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990604140857.20584G-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906041325550.22269-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>

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On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Matt Behrens wrote:

> Yep.  Works on maybe half the ports.  Some override PREFIX themselves;
> some have commands with /usr/local hardcoded in; some packages even
> ignore configure command-line switches to change their paths,
> preferring /usr/local.

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> The PLIST that comes out of ports is usually a pretty poor
> representation of what is actually installed.  For fun sometime,
> you should try installing a lot of ports then uninstalling them.
> Check out what's left over in /usr/local 

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We try to make these things conform. If you find one(s) that doesn't
please tell us. It's normally a simple patch.

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