From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 10 11:19:22 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 11:19:20 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from puck.firepipe.net (mcut-b-167.resnet.purdue.edu [128.211.209.167]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A87937B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:19:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by puck.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4FAC5192E; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:19:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:19:19 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Joe Kelsey Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Meyer Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001210141919.D560@puck.firepipe.net> Reply-To: Will Andrews Mail-Followup-To: Will Andrews , Joe Kelsey , current@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Meyer References: <200012100904.CAA27546@harmony.village.org> <3A336781.94E1646@newsguy.com> <14899.41809.754369.259894@guru.mired.org> <200012101557.KAA29588@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14899.47196.795281.662619@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.49294.958909.82912@guru.mired.org> <14899.54808.947617.700838@zircon.seattle.wa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <14899.54808.947617.700838@zircon.seattle.wa.us>; from joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:14:32AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 Sender: will@puck.firepipe.net Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:14:32AM -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote: > You are simply wrong in your characterization of /usr/local. As far > back as I can remember, /usr/local has been used for locally installed [...] Pfft. Everyone has their own way of organizing files. There is no right or wrong. However, the fact that /usr/local is still hardcoded into packages IS a bug. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message