Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mplayer/mplayer-plugin question Message-ID: <20050423193200.GA98500@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <op.spo871au9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <20050420155742.GA83965@thought.org> <AE4D469E6B141341B0344050@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <20050422182127.GA89355@thought.org> <200504222342.32068.danny@ricin.com> <op.spnlw20h9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <426975C7.3030008@FreeBSD.org> <20050423113852.2abf63d7.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <426A8C87.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <20050423183131.GB98100@thought.org> <op.spo871au9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 02:17:51PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:31:31 -0500, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> > wrote: > > >On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 01:57:27PM -0400, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >>Miguel Mendez wrote: > >>>On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:08:07 -0400 > >>>Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Personally, I'd love to see /usr/X11R6 folded into /usr/local, but > >>until > >>>>then, I think it's nothing short of retarded for apps to install into > >>>>unusual locations to prove a point. > >>> > >>> > >>>It might be interesting looking at the work the pkgsrc people have done > >>>wrt $PREFIX enforcement. On my NetBSD boxen xorg lives under > >>>/usr/pkg/xorg and all packages are installed under /usr/pkg, not > >>>/usr/X11R6 or /usr/local. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >> > >>There are many good potential layouts, such as the one you mentioned. > >>But the issue in my mind is how one would go about implementing it > >>without wreaking havoc on the poor, unsuspecting users. > >> > > > > One logical move might be to have symlinks to either|or > > /usr/local, /usr/pkg in FreeBSD 6-STABLE, then have it > > hardwired in 7-STABLE. We could just dump everything > > into /usr, /usr/bin, and /etc; > > If it happens FreeBSD do that, then FreeBSD is messy, Linux-ish and dead. > :-P > Right on the money! That's one thing I don't like about the Linux distros. And why it makes sense to dump any local ports (GUI or whatever) into /usr/local. The default /etc/motd would inform people. -g > > > but it seems better to have a > > place for the default|system binaries, libs, /etc > > and one and only one for everything else. > > > > gary > > > -- > mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD GNOME Team > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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