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Subject: Re: Kernel module path for ports?
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El Mi=E9rcoles, 26 de Enero de 2005 09:42, Michael Johnson escribi=F3:
> On Jan 26, 2005, at 3:32 AM, Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> > El Mi=E9rcoles, 26 de Enero de 2005 03:51, Craig Boston escribi=F3:
> >> I'm working on a port that needs to install a kernel module (loaded by
> >> an rcNG script). Is there a preferred location for kernel modules
> >> installed by a port?
> >>
> >> A quick search of Google, the Porter's Handbook, and hier(7) came up
> >> empty. The following locations seem to be popular:
> >>
> >> $PREFIX/lib/$PORTNAME
> >
> > better ${PREFIX}/libexec/...
> >
> >> $PREFIX/modules
> >
> > Not an option
>
> rtc installs kernel module here.

but it isn't a good place.  You may also install doc under ${PREFIX}/doc, b=
ut=20
the correct place is ${PREFIX}/share/doc. Or, at last, the most common hier=
=20
to 3rd-party soft.

=2D-
  josemi
>
>
> Michael