From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 04:23:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C53671065670 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:23:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f200.google.com (mail-qy0-f200.google.com [209.85.221.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77AF68FC17 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk38 with SMTP id 38so3696501qyk.9 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:23:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=kuPlINCgF0IEYZBqh8QaqgnK1dKAxrfYdaSUJfREaN8=; b=tnIfTvwGLOKM1kMAhwpsLYQ1GzleJzggRV0x+Q7+nIkXyo9JAVzFUDXHzy+dnq7geh Wzg5VX3zfNdFYbpnK8I87FO2548y5aafvkYaXMjvROuZUcltKpahXXBfHOaK5wiJQh76 56UVMoWfxtzu7vq1Usb14ejE9KSI+6fBebW+w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=hxDmo6vECiEp1vG1oEOXbl0Fx7HMPv+3+bP/Pp3MNfOFoAMg/5NpdH5cQ6V2ruwtN0 vcWe5cLsR5BOUFjrImDYZep6Yii9KAzMuRW89q5D8nyffXtCWCSWARiLxykokmfH1QxX tRlGSE8xkVsoj/divm06OmtvC0Ph5/e7Vt1zM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.82.14 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:23:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BAFFC4B.5010501@centurytel.net> References: <4BAFFC4B.5010501@centurytel.net> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:23:48 -0600 Received: by 10.229.130.206 with SMTP id u14mr682699qcs.74.1269836628496; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:23:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6201873e1003282123x5bda8941p5188e65b2a87f19e@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: "Michael D. Norwick" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: When do binaries get removed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:23:49 -0000 On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > Good evening; > > When building and installing an application from ports, how does the > original binary or script, in /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/etc..., from the > distribution, get removed? It doesn't. > The make install foo command does not appear to symlink the original > application location to the new one in /usr/local/whatever. Does it even > matter? > What is your end goal? man hier(7) if you want to know where things live. This contains a simple method to to build a FreeBSD gui install. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-February/212899.html FreeBSD documentation isn't like Debian, if you follow the handbook exactly and completely, it nearly always works. -- Adam Vande More