Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:20:54 -0800 From: Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port installs: /usr/X11R6/bin versus /usr/local/bin ? Message-ID: <1072488054.782.21.camel@leguin> In-Reply-To: <bsii5h$1qg4$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <3FEBCAAD.6050401@users.sourceforge.net> <bsii5h$1qg4$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 16:01, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Why is there no stricter policy on port installs to put files only in > > /usr/local ? > > Difference of opinion. > > Some people would strongly prefer only X11 proper to go under > /usr/X11R6 and everything else under /usr/local. Some other people > equally strongly prefer X11 programs in general (loosely defined) > to go under /usr/X11R6. > > Some people of the latter faction are high enough in the food chain > that you can't just override them. I think we're seeing the end of something we can call a standard X11 distribution that should go under /usr/X11R6, so the first preference should be dead. I understand the 2nd preference, though I'd personally prefer to see /usr/X11R6 disappear and there to be one standard place for ports-installed software (/usr/pkg?) and another for user-installed software (/usr/local). Despite disliking the everything-in-/usr layout of Linux, having local software install in /usr/local without angering the packaging system has been just wonderful. And while I'm at it, I should probably ask for world peace, too ;) -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org
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