From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 10 16:55:45 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 16:55:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B3537B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:55:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA54415; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:55:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBB0tfa84788; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:55:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:55:41 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001210165540.A84740@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14899.47196.795281.662619@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.49294.958909.82912@guru.mired.org> <14899.54808.947617.700838@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.55273.863236.40012@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20001210113817.D80274@dragon.nuxi.com> <14899.59134.262811.806345@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20001210135125.B82246@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001210141831.N96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001210141831.N96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>; from cjclark@reflexnet.net on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 02:18:31PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 02:18:31PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > Nope. One can ``ln -s /usr/local /usr/pkg'' and get the behavior those > > that like everything in one place prefers while still segregating stuff > > for those that prefer it. > > That makes no sense. Yes it does. > The big argument has been that packages should not go into /usr/local > because /usr/local is for something else. By one set of people. There is another set that wants everything in a single directory. The NetBSD way gives that to them with a very simple symlink. There is no easy way to split out the FreeBSD _Packages_ from /usr/local, for the converse. > What's the difference? Opinions on wether to separate out or not. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message