Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 07:53:54 -0800 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: etcupdate, svnlite, documentation etc. following the transition of source to Git Message-ID: <X/CXErz7ftvYOQq7@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <1d6c0954-ca13-b3a0-3e82-c79df594e357@gmail.com> References: <c8ed98ef-8324-5a3a-b4ba-850c669b5080@gmail.com> <87lfdctq83.wl-herbert@gojira.at> <f5ba064c-f606-3514-1dba-3735edd9cf8b@gmail.com> <87pn2nu3n8.wl-herbert@gojira.at> <1d6c0954-ca13-b3a0-3e82-c79df594e357@gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 03:43:04PM +0000, Graham Perrin wrote: > ... > >> In this context, is `cd /usr/src` still true? > > If you clone the repository to /usr/src instead of e.g. > > /usr/src/freebsd-current. > > Thanks again. > > I imagine that use cases will _eventually_ include trios of directories, > as siblings, for example: > > /usr/src/doc /usr/src/freebsd-stable > > /usr/src/ports Please see hier(7). The default (and expected) location of a given part of the tree (such as sources residing in /usr/src/ and ports in /usr/ports/) is based on their function, not on the mechanism used to update/maintain those files -- which is completely orthogonal to the location. > True: there's the tradition of /usr/ports As documented in hier(7). > however with all three things moved, or moving, to Git it seems (to me) > sensible to have the source files for ports at > > /usr/src/ports > > For consistency. A cohesive approach. > ... Not on any machine where I decide where things go. You're free to do that, but IMO, you're setting yourself up for toe-stubbing and confusion if you do. > .... Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org My concern about US "election integrity" is about the attacks on that integrity from members of the party of Senator Hawley -- especially Trump. See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAEBCgB9FiEE4owz2QxMJyaxAefyQLJg+bY2PckFAl/wlxJfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEUy OEMzM0Q5MEM0QzI3MjZCMTAxRTdGMjQwQjI2MEY5QjYzNjNEQzkACgkQQLJg+bY2 PclDRQgArBRMr3g29tt3sgNs7gpO++bQiwkJhG3YhI1NY0uC1rwr0hKUEzYebKUS 63J9YKauAsjkqkixU473hAjU0oYeWbVH0moSOJ0DphaZU+FcBHcd2sJxuqiDp8bq drCTbrMnlcF4WI/al+FdkRaDNEbnoTGwCZtDQZRp+M6LS8jYGF5TAtfUNurMarvv 2W+gxHtxcxVBSIJdnTmzL2LG68ULVElvwBFEUDjhY6aTRTi++xzFO+vJOJrpeDaS 85YpWWTPOwjm23ZXElGwL3oIJ3zHafOFus5J5elyLH1K0mjGWHcAlHtaNbKuWxTz uH7Ej0yythIJ03zGCHGwDihbPkTSxw== =64Tk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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