Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 02:54:29 +0000 From: Alex <ak@freenet.co.uk> To: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ldconfig finding libraries, but ld is not. Message-ID: <382B8165.147D279@freenet.co.uk> References: <199911112213.RAA34417@server.baldwin.cx>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > On 11-Nov-99 Mike Meyer wrote: > > I still curse at regular intervals at the ports/packages collection > > installing things in /usr/local. That means I need another place for > > things that I maintain, instead of came with FreeBSD. Putting > > everything in /usr is one such solution. /opt is another (but having > > everything have it's own hierarchy pretty much sucks). > > Try maintaining a lab of 40-80 identical machines. Then imagine > distributing /usr/local and /usr/X11R6 via NFS. Then you only have to > install the package on one machine to install it everywhere. That > doesn't work when installed under /usr. Are you enlightened yet? Yes - it's cool to have all the packages in one place, such as /usr/local (BSDI has what, /usr/contrib?) What is NOT cool is /usr/local/etc, which I believe should be different for each machine. Why not /etc/local/..., say? BTW, OpenBSD doesn't have a /usr/local/etc (everything goes in /etc). Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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