Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:20:39 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Drew Derbyshire" <avatar+public@canary.kew.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building /usr/X11R6/bin/ Message-ID: <15079.23495.71385.589314@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <52769342@toto.iv>
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Drew Derbyshire <avatar+public@canary.kew.com> types: > > make world doesn't touch X. X is not part of the base system, it's 3rd > party software > Just as an aside ... > > I'm caught off guard because it is inconsistent with other third party > components. SENDMAIL and the various GNU tools are third-party as well, but > they go into the base system (as opposed to the /usr/local tree) using the > same system binary installation procedure as X binaries -- but these other > components are built with the base system. X is installed from the dist > files (as opposed to package files) and into the base system (as opposed to > the /usr/local/ tree), so one can reasonably expect them to be installed in > a like fashion. > > But of course, it's not. :-) Not all ports are installed in /usr/local. Many are installed in /usr/X11R6. That's the "other" major place for ports to go. X is the only port that's installed using the system binary installation method. This violation of POLA is a continuing source of problems and questions. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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