Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 21:52:10 -0400 (EDT) From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.net> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sshd Message-ID: <199809140152.VAA28566@trooper.velocet.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809122252530.2501-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> References: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980912200252.21513B-100000@roble.com> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809122252530.2501-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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>>>>> "John" == John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes:
John> [topic drift from security to ports; CC: added] On Sat, 12 Sep
John> 1998, Roger Marquis wrote:
John> A more frustrating problem for me are ports that are not
John> ${PREFIX} != /usr/local compatible which makes it a hassle to
John> install multiple version of a port or separate ports that have
John> common files. Also, I occasionaly go through phases of liking
John> SysV way of installing things in /opt/<portname>,
John> /etc/opt/<portname> and /var/opt/<portname> which a simple 'make
John> PREFIX=/opt/<portname>' doesn't really accomplish.
The NetBSD ports collection seems happy to consistently use /usr/pkg
as its root. I'm certainly not positive that this can easily be made
a changeable option without some difficulty, but one of the often
heard complaints in our shop is that we can't really use /usr/local
for local things anymore because ports live there --- and we desire
the ability to blow away easily recreated ports while retaining hand
built extras.
Dave.
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