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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:47:05 -0300
From:      "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@uol.com.br>
To:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: qmail install locations
Message-ID:  <20000629124705.A210@Fedaykin.here>
In-Reply-To: <20000628000201.A3427@manatee.mammalia.org>; from rjoseph@mammalia.org on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:01:39AM -0700
References:  <20000628000201.A3427@manatee.mammalia.org>

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On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:01:39AM -0700, 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.   

	I do object. :)
	When first writing the port, I considered attending hier(7).
	However, that would make any qmail how-tos, recipes, scripts, ...
bogus.
	I prefer to keep it this way, but I can write patches to have the
hier compliance be optional.
	Committers? What do you think?

	Regards,
		Mario Ferreira


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