Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:51:25 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001210135125.B82246@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <14899.59134.262811.806345@zircon.seattle.wa.us>; from joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 12:26:38PM -0800 References: <14899.41809.754369.259894@guru.mired.org> <200012101557.KAA29588@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14899.47196.795281.662619@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.49294.958909.82912@guru.mired.org> <14899.54808.947617.700838@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.55273.863236.40012@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20001210113817.D80274@dragon.nuxi.com> <14899.59134.262811.806345@zircon.seattle.wa.us>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 12:26:38PM -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote:
> This thread is also about a completely separate issue, which is a
> deficiency in the package command used on FreeBSD. The basic problem
> with pkg_add et al., as opposed to, for instance, SVR4 pkgadd, is that
> it does not allow the local administrator to change the installation
> directory.
pkg_add *does* allow the installer to choose the installation
directory -- the "-p" option. The issue is one of *compiled* in paths.
So if Satoshi builds port foobar (which as a config file etc/foobar.conf)
then the foobar binary has "/usr/local/etc" burned into it because that
is what Satoshi had PREFIX set to.
> To the extent that NetBSD *forces* the local administrator to use
> /usr/pkg, I find it contains the same deficiency.
Nope. One can ``ln -s /usr/local /usr/pkg'' and get the behavior those
that like everything in one place prefers while still segregating stuff
for those that prefer it.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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