From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 15:29:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA21359 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 15:29:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from drwho.xnet.com (drwho.xnet.com [205.243.140.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21354 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 15:29:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drwho@drwho.xnet.com) Received: (from drwho@localhost) by drwho.xnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA27967 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:44:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from drwho) Message-ID: <19990103164428.A2924@drwho.xnet.com> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:44:28 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local/bin [was: Re: executable scripts] Mail-Followup-To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19990103105843.6982.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <19990103105843.6982.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>; from Greg Black on Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 08:58:43PM +1000 X-Useless-Header: http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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