Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:44:28 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local/bin [was: Re: executable scripts] Message-ID: <19990103164428.A2924@drwho.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <19990103105843.6982.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>; from Greg Black on Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 08:58:43PM %2B1000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901021754370.11212-100000@guru.phone.net> <19990103105843.6982.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>
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On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 08:58:43PM +1000, Greg Black wrote: > I'm just playing with an initial install of FreeBSD for the > first time and had noticed the way ports polluted /usr/local > which I have always considered to be *mine*. I've noted that > BSDI use /usr/contrib for the sort of stuff that FreeBSD puts in > /usr/local, and that seems more sensible to me if there is ---end quoted text--- I just reverse the process: I let the ports and packages fall where they may, and I put locally compiled or developed programs in /usr/contrib. Works just as well either way. -- drwho @ xnet.com, BOFH -- http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ "User Error: replace user and reboot." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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