Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 15:03:20 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting /usr/ports everywhere... Message-ID: <9703072003.AA30132@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970307120726.10542A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> References: <4821.857735697@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970307120726.10542A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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<<On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 12:12:04 -0500 (EST), John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> said: > On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> Comments? Partially fermented fruit? > It would be nice if it could be unpacked such that it lands on a > user-specified partition. While the ports collection itself > might fit in my /usr, there certainly isn't enough space to build > some of the larger ports there. Actually, it would be nice if the same could be done for /usr/src... As it is, there is no obvious way to say ``please put my sources on /x''. I'd like an option somewhere in the installation procedure to create symbolic links for: /usr/src /usr/local /usr/ports /usr/share /usr/obj (not really necessary for install, but it fits) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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