Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:38:23 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Matt Fioravante <fmatthew5876@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing ports to /usr Message-ID: <20071114183823.GA9583@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3eca10930711141005m5ceb5d8bve7a1b6f235057342@mail.gmail.com> References: <3eca10930711141005m5ceb5d8bve7a1b6f235057342@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Matt Fioravante wrote: > Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr > instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system > binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? You break the 'standard' file/directory hierarchy. Even though it is not supposed to be so, there may be some things out there that make the assumption that stuff will be found in its standard place. See man hier ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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