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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.

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