From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 10 13:51:31 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 13:51:28 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D1C37B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:51:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA53673; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:51:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBALpQ682438; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:51:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:51:25 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Joe Kelsey Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001210135125.B82246@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message