Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:29:08 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> Cc: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [current] Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <20001211112908.B39546@peorth.iteration.net> In-Reply-To: <14900.26674.605585.357915@trooper.velocet.net>; from dgilbert@velocet.ca on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:37:54AM -0500 References: <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org> <14898.31393.228926.763711@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012091347030.88984-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <200012100904.CAA27546@harmony.village.org> <3A336781.94E1646@newsguy.com> <14899.41809.754369.259894@guru.mired.org> <200012101557.KAA29588@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14900.26674.605585.357915@trooper.velocet.net>
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:37:54AM -0500, David Gilbert scribbled: | For foreign or not-so-foreign packages and software, I've seen | /usr/local, /local, /usr/contrib, /opt and /usr/pkg. One site that I | worked at was even pedantic that /usr/contrib was for externally | generated software and /usr/local was for software written and/or | maintained locally. I've also worked in environments where different | directory structures implied the level that the IS guys intended to | support the software. I know I should not jump into this bikeshed. But IMHO, whereever we have our packages install to, we should also place our ports metadata (/var/db/pkg) and the ports skeleton in the same place, preferably a mountpoint. This allow me to switch between different sets of installation with ease. (No, please do not tell me to change PREFIX and mv /usr/local /usr/local.bak) With this setup, I can rm -rf <whatever place this goes>, and have a clean system again. For the ports developers, we can switch between configurations without the need for chroots or jails taking up disk space. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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