From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 18:26:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10028 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:26:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt087nac.san.rr.com (dt087nac.san.rr.com [24.94.19.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA10023 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:26:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt087nac.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA14978; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:25:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:25:51 -0800 (PST) From: Studded X-Sender: doug@dt087nac.san.rr.com To: Michael Maxwell cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local/bin [was: Re: executable scripts] In-Reply-To: <19990103164428.A2924@drwho.xnet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Michael Maxwell wrote: > 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. I like /usr/mine personally, but it's a matter of taste. :) The whole /usr/local idea is widespread, it's not just FreeBSD. Better to establish a totally unique location for your stuff that no one else is likely to use than it is to try and fight the battle every time it comes up. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Like desperadoes waiting for a train . . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message