Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 19:30:39 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Mike Jackson <muck@ida.net>, "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8.0 For Linux works :-) Message-ID: <4.1.19981219192638.009f1ed0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981219171741.06dad040@mail.lariat.org> References: <199812192325.PAA01197@dingo.cdrom.com> <Your message of "Sat, 19 Dec 1998 15:22:29 MST." <4.1.19981219152107.06e09da0@mail.lariat.org>
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At 05:19 PM 12/19/98 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >At 03:25 PM 12/19/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >>I'm looking at their port's Makefile at the moment; it's a bit fragile >>in that it assumes that the user reads their instructions and installs >>it into /usr/local/corel. > >Gee, that's a bit egotistical -- putting themselves right under >/usr/local instead of in, say, /usr/local/etc/corel (which would >follow the convention used by apache and others). > >--Brett Take a look, Hughes's MSQL does it too.. if I recall MYSQL does too.. my MSQL is in /usr/local/Hughes, which is the default. I find it convenient, but also a pain in the ass to have to add to my path. Additional programs should go in /usr/local/bin, if it's a multi-file/tree deal it should be like Apache does and throw itself into like /usr/local/etc/<prog>... What we need is some sort of insightful RFC on where vended software can go.. A whole protocol on installation dirs... I gotta say, at least FreeBSD (and many other forms of UNIX) has an easy tree. Solaris has like /opt and /usr/ucb and all these inane little crannies where software is installed. Many of them aren't even in the default path. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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