Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 18:35:29 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: kientzle@acm.org Cc: Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick@rageagainst.com>, libh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BOF at BSDCon: FreeBSD Installer, Packages System Message-ID: <39FFE3E1.C769524D@newsguy.com> References: <39DCC860.B04F7D50@acm.org> <20001006155542.A29218@cichlids.cichlids.com> <39F3CDD7.15B889E7@acm.org> <20001023190412.B507@cichlids.cichlids.com> <39F47E98.4BB647AA@acm.org> <20001023202244.B10374@cichlids.cichlids.com> <39F48F4A.38D458C2@acm.org> <39FCF244.5A8C8E59@newsguy.com> <39FDC12E.304B0011@acm.org> <39FE2406.150CA3B1@newsguy.com> <00cb01c042f1$1a347190$040aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> <39FE562C.714DBE7C@newsguy.com> <39FFBDA8.8E278D48@acm.org>
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Tim Kientzle wrote: > > "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote: > > > If you install a pre-compiled package that you obtained from the website, > > > you DO NOT have a choice: you have to install in /usr/local > > > > Granted. > > I just want to make sure everyone agrees with this point, since > I've heard several people claim the opposite. Well, it *does* depend on the package, since it does not need to have compiled-in paths. But the kind of application that would fall under third-party binary only distribution is usually the kind that has them. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@world.wide.bsdconspiracy.net He has been convicted of criminal possession of a clue with intent to distribute. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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