Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:04:01 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: qmail install locations Message-ID: <20000628110401.A46663@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000628000201.A3427@manatee.mammalia.org>; from rjoseph@mammalia.org on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:02:01AM -0700 References: <20000628000201.A3427@manatee.mammalia.org>
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On Wed 2000-06-28 (00:02), R Joseph Wright wrote: > I just installed qmail and the installation does not mesh with the > rest of the system. For example, virtually everything goes under > /var, even the executables. Being a port, I think it should not > compete with the base system's space. > > Would anyone object to me tweaking it to go under /usr/local? Then I > will fill out a PR. qmail on every other system in the world installs in /var/qmail, and the author prefers that this is so. In the near future, we may be able to distribute packages for qmail, and this would require that everything be accessible via /var/qmail. If you personally want to change this to /usr/local, change PREFIX in the port, where it explains what you should do. (it suggests /usr/local/qmail) Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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