From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 11 3:26:47 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 03:26:45 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C8E37B6F4 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 03:24:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7FFD6E2E79 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:55:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA56054; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:54:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBB8sFR90015; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:54:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:54:14 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Warner Losh Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001211005414.F89853@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200012101557.KAA29588@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14899.47196.795281.662619@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.49294.958909.82912@guru.mired.org> <14899.54808.947617.700838@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.55273.863236.40012@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20001210113817.D80274@dragon.nuxi.com> <14899.59134.262811.806345@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <200012110541.WAA33949@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012110541.WAA33949@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:41:24PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:41:24PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > : To the extent that NetBSD *forces* the local administrator to use > : /usr/pkg, I find it contains the same deficiency. > > I'd point out that make install in the pkgsrc tree installs into > /usr/pkg too. So NetBSD doesn't differentiate between locally > compiled files and binary packages they supply. By "locally compiled" Mike and I mean softare you've downloaded (after figureing from where), untared yourself by actually typing ``tar xzf'', cd'ed into the extracted directory, ran `configure', and then make. Ie, software with a little blood and sweat behind its installation. Not the differencd between buiding a FreeBSD Port and installing a [Satoshi-built] Package. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message