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Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> types:
> <<On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 09:37:53 -0600 (CST), Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> said:
> > However, FreeBSD is still the only vendor distribution I know of that
> > installs software in /usr/local. That's the problem - software that
> > comes from the vendor doesn't belong in the local administrative
> > regime.
> No software that is a part of FreeBSD installs in /usr/local.  As a
> convenience feature, FreeBSD includes software from third parties
> which does so, and in most cases has always done so by default.

Whether or not it's part of FreeBSD is immaterial. It's part of the
distribution that comes from FreeBSD, and is treated differentlyh from
locally installed software (whether written locally or by a third
party) in every case *except* where it installs - and that's only
because it's installed in the wrong place.

In other words, "It's not part of FreeBSD" is a rationalization.

	<mike




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