From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 5 09:10:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA08391 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:10:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles246.castles.com [208.214.165.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA08286 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03364; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:09:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808051609.JAA03364@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Matt Behrens cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Preserving a program across make world In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Aug 1998 09:35:25 EDT." <35C85F9D.94DEFB3D@iserv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 09:09:00 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Sorry if this has been asked before, but I searched for quite some time > and didn't find anything. > > How can we preserve a program across make worlds in -stable? For > example, I'm using a newer ppp and don't want it overwritten. I had > also at one point wanted to use GNU ls instead of BSD for some > compatibility with a ill-behaved FTP client. > > Is there a way? Put your modified copy in /usr/local/bin. The directories in / and /usr are for the operating system. /usr/local is for local modifications. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message