From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 30 07:20:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C900816A4CE for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:20:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.proficuous.com (www.proficuous.com [209.240.79.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D85243D5E for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:20:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml@proficuous.com) Received: from [192.168.3.69] (aaron-workstation.proficuous.com [192.168.3.69]) by mail.proficuous.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4EBA894B8 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:20:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "Aaron P. Martinez" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1099120840.18749.457.camel@aaron.proficuous.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:20:40 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: cvsup....base and prefix??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:20:06 -0000 I have successfully used cvsup a few times now...and i am comfortable with what the base and the prefix do. My question is why would someone put things in different locations than for instance........./usr for both base and/or prefix? I have seen a few different options used both in the cvs up faq on the cvsup homepage, the handbook and also in "the complete freebsd" they all have different places listed..but not one single place is any discussion about the theory or logic behind where it is placed. This is really just a "help me understand the philosophy" question as it seems that no matter where i place my 'base' and 'prefix' paths..the cvsup will work...just trying to get a grasp on _why_ i would want it one place more than another. Thanks in advance, Aaron