Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:31:33 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <20001211003133.B89853@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <14900.23606.685940.408212@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 09:46:46PM -0700 References: <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> <14899.62738.768609.598990@nomad.yogotech.com> <14899.62189.243395.903919@nomad.yogotech.com> <14900.2598.958785.326648@guru.mired.org> <14900.19591.200496.869754@nomad.yogotech.com> <14900.21804.426787.246572@guru.mired.org> <14900.23606.685940.408212@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 09:46:46PM -0700, Nate Williams wrote:
> Fixing broken things is a good thing. Your argument about moving it
> from /usr/local to show how broken is a good test procedure, but turning
> it into policy is something completely different.
Yes changing the policy is something different. IMHO, it will never been
done -- way too much momentum behind it now.
BUT, I wish people would understand the basic premise and stop bringing
up what this and that used to 10 years ago. People doing that are
*missing* the issue. NetBSD got it right. BSDi(BSD/OS) got it right.
> I think the 'tradition' of FreeBSD installing packages in /usr/local is
> enough to leave things the way they are, especially since non-broken
> packages allow you to install it somewhere else on *your* system.
Packages (ie, those Satoshi builds) no. Building the port yourself, yes.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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