Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:23:03 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <14899.58919.423410.320116@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20001210114230.E80274@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20001210101012.A1488@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012101316160.97975-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <20001210114230.E80274@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> types: > This control is part of why it would be nice to have /usr/pkg separate > from /usr/local. I've given up on FreeBSD and had to create my own > /usr/treats to hold what should have been in /usr/local if the FreeBSD > Packages hadn't polluted it. I went the other way, because "that's what PREFIX is for". I figured there would be less pain involved in moving a system designed to be moved than in moving random software that may or may not be so designed. After having done so for a while, it's not at all clear that was a correct decision. That this is the case says a lot about the implementation of that design, none of it good. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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