From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 05:10:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E3C16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:10:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC40143D31 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:10:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3ECA3F3031498 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:10:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3ECA34x031497; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:10:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:10:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: andrew clarke Message-ID: <20040414121003.GA30945@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20040410030621.GA844@doom.homeunix.org> <20040414111827.GA44907@ozzmosis.com> <20040414113323.GA45005@ozzmosis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040414113323.GA45005@ozzmosis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040407, clamav-milter version 0.70g cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail/fetchyahoo running failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:10:11 -0000 --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 09:33:23PM +1000, andrew clarke wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 09:18:27PM +1000, andrew clarke wrote: >=20 > > Actually on second thoughts the lang/perl5 port will probably install > > itself to /usr/local/bin/perl, leaving /usr/bin/perl alone, in which >=20 > Now that I think about it, when I installed the misc/less port, the main > binary was copied to /usr/local/bin/less, leaving /usr/bin/less alone. >=20 > I assume this is common practice for Ports, ie. don't clobber anything > distributed in the Base system (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, etc.)? It's not just common practice -- it's one of the best things about ports. Everything gets installed under /usr/local or /usr/X11R6 -- where necessary the port will be patched to expect to find it's configuration files in (say) /usr/local/etc rather than /etc. The strict adherence to hier(7) is excellent when it comes to updating one part of the system without accidentally stomping on another part. The only exceptions are a small number of ports like OpenSSL, OpenSSH or BIND which have specific non-default options to let them overwrite the equivalent software in the base system. =20 Perl itself installs all of it's files under /usr/local - mostly in /usr/local/lib/perl5 or in /usr/local/bin. The 'use.perl' script makes symbolic links so that '#!/usr/bin/perl' lines automatically pick up the system default perl version. (Amongst other effects). Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAfSobdtESqEQa7a0RAootAJ0artbMoRSnwGn7dwRbEyx3GpWiHQCfd8cC ED0ZLkEHpPcmWnxrhGrxiZA= =PGKQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--