Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 13:46:51 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> To: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, satoshi@freebsd.org Subject: Again on a ports naming scheme (on hackers@ was: Re: More nits Message-ID: <199512051146.NAA13160@office.elvisti.kiev.ua>
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Hi,
: > The ports software should be configured to install into either the
: > standard directory tree, or into a seperate /usr/ports hierarchy.
: What about
: /usr/ports/NameOfPackage/{bin,man,lib,include,info,doc}
: And - to have only one path in $PATH and $MANPATH - symlinks of every
: package in:
: /usr/ports/{bin,man,lib,include,info}
: Makes it easier to see, what belongs to a port.
... or what is missed accidentally.
: I generally dislike
: a /usr/local/bin directory with about 327 utilities ...
I vote YES! loudly for both suggestions.
Why on the Earth must someone consider a great stuff ported
by FreeBSD people to be 'local'?
What if I have some my _really_ local stuff, written locally
and installed locally? Why mess them in a single huge directory?
Already asked this, but there wasn't an answer. I apologize
for bothering people, that's my last attempt to rise this
topic, but I have a strong feel that such a change will be
a Good Thing (tm).
Of course, if 'local' is taken from me, I'll create another
subtree after all. :-)
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