Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:13:08 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default FDP docs installation directory? Message-ID: <19990818191308.A24561@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <19990819002112.B83680@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 12:21:12AM %2B0100 References: <19990818121931.A4266@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <19990818151819.C2750@futuresouth.com> <19990819002112.B83680@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 12:21:12AM +0100, a little birdie told me that Nik Clayton remarked > > Because it's not part of the base system (i.e., under the src/ tree in > the repository). I was under the impression that this is a reasonably > formal rule (i.e., anything that's not in src/ gets installed under > /usr/local/ (or wherever the appropriate Makefile variable is set to)) > but that some things ignore it. For example, the Japanese manual pages > install under /usr/share/man/ja, not /usr/local/share/man/ja. It seems to me more of a 'We (The Project [tm]) maintain this, so it goes under /usr/(!local)'; i.e., it may not be part of the 'base system', but it is part of the 'base distribution'. It's a sticky subject anyway, as the line between 'base system' and 'addon packages' becomes blurred, but I'd expect the 'vendor-supplied/maintained/blessed' documentation for my system to not be under /usr/local. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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