From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 8 11:53:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA24024 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:53:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unix.tfs.net (root@unix.tfs.net [199.79.146.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA24015 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:53:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus.tfs.net (pm3-p37.tfs.net [206.154.183.229]) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA32760; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 12:51:28 -0500 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA01461; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 13:52:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199709081852.NAA01461@argus.tfs.net> Subject: Re: what do you think ... should/could ports move to -> /usr/local/ports ? In-Reply-To: from Brandon Gillespie at "Sep 8, 97 11:19:41 am" To: brandon@roguetrader.com (Brandon Gillespie) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 13:52:12 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Brian Mitchell wrote: > > > On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Lutz Albers wrote: > > > > what about /usr/contrib like bsd/os? > > its no different than /usr/local, just a different name. > > I think the main issue here is that people feel /usr/local/ should be a > different fs (I agree), > but many feel its unclean to mount from anything other than root. > Suggestion: mount it on /local, and symlink /usr/local to /local.. ACK!@# E-V-I-L!!!!!!! E-V-I-L!!!!!!! E-V-I-L!!!!!!! E-V-I-L!!!!!!! This would require all that much more hacking to makefiles and include files, not to mention those lame few proggies that hardcode paths in the source code... Besides, assuming /usr don't come up, why bother having /local come up, as almost everything in /local will reference the symlink /usr/local... Due to the way FreeBSD changes a lot, it is not really practical to build a seperate filesystem here, not to mention /usr/src compiles... after compiling in /usr/src or /usr/ports, I [and you to I hope] tend to do a `make clean` to get back those MEGZ and MEGZ for other uses, inluding /usr/local stuff... /dev/sd0s1f 1397791 871359 414609 68% /usr and growing... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28PW voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+