Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:39:55 -0700 From: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested Message-ID: <20010824144210.E1FD637B406@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010823203157.B5802@xor.obsecurity.org>
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So even services go in /usr/local? So then /usr/bin and the like are there for the OS or backward compat? And thanks, from now on I'll be using /usr/local :-) --------------------------------------------- click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com -----Original Message----- From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:31:57 -0700 Subject: Re: Suggested > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:57:27PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > > > > After months of using FreeBSD, there is only one area in which I am > > still quite fuzzy. There seems to be no real standard place to > > install "stuff". For example, when I installed Samba the other day, I > > decided to use ./configure --prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr. Bad idea, I > > realized, since my 88M / slice began to fill up and now nmbd core > dumps > > when stopped. > > > > So my question is, how does one make an informed decision as to > where > > to place what? I know all unices have different places for different > > things - what are FreeBSD's? For example, what goes in /usr/local/ > > and /usr? > > > > Thanks for any light you could shed on the subject. I know my > question is > > posed in the most elegant matter but I hope it makes sense. > > /usr/local and /usr/X11R6 (for X11 applications) are the standard > prefixes. If you were using the samba port, for example, thats where > it would install it automatically. > > See also hier(7) > > Kris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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