Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:30:25 +0900 From: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@snu.ac.kr> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is KDE installing in LOCALBASE; not X11BASE? Message-ID: <3F6FB041.4050005@snu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <1064278184.674.316.camel@leguin> References: <oprvvzb5z38ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <200309220850.13662.andy@athame.co.uk> <200309230836.31602.davidxu@FreeBSD.org> <1064278184.674.316.camel@leguin>
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Eric Anholt wrote:
>
>>>It's all down to your interpretation of the above segment of hier(7)
>>>really.
>>>
>>>Me? I don't care, and I'm not going to bikeshed the issue.
>
> Basically, this is a bikeshed I don't want to mess with, and I
> personally hope nobody else messes with.
Related to hier and disk partitions, I have a more practical viewpoint.
I consider my FreeBSD system to consists of roughly five parts:
1) the base system (/usr)
2) X11 (/usr/X11R6)
3) the ports (/usr/local)
4) personal files (/home)
5) maintainance (/tmp, /var, swap, etc.)
What I like of FreeBSD is the clear separation between 'base-system'
and 'supporting software in the ports'. In f.ex. most Linux distros,
this is totally messed up.
I usually make a separate partition for /usr/local (I also could
for /usr/X11R6, but never do that), and of course for /tmp, /var,
/home).
Choosing appropriate sizes for the partitions, is then easier, I believe.
/usr : The base system is more or less fixed (varying whether you want
sources or not, recompile world & kernel etc.).
/usr/X11R6 : is fixed, if exclusively X11 ports go here.
/usr/local : varies per user, what sort of additional software is desired.
This would plead to move all non-X11 stuff from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/local !!
Regards,
Rob.
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