From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 31 21:55:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A34F37B401 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:55:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (www.alpsgiken.gr.jp [210.166.150.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012B843FDD for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:55:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joel@alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp) Received: from zz_radiant2 (www1.alpsgiken.gr.jp [61.114.244.165]) by alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (8.9.1a/3.7W) with ESMTP id OAA16161 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:55:29 +0900 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:00:16 +0900 From: Joel Rees To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030401145501.F8EE.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.00.11 Subject: latest version of ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:55:40 -0000 I'm sure I'll get a RTFM on this one, but I'd appreciate it, since my search skills don't get me to the right place. What's the standard thing to do when installing the latest/greatest, fressh from the ssource of ports (like freebsd 4.3)? Is it reasonable to unpack the tarball in the ports directory? Or is that more liable to confuse things later, and is it therefore preferable to put them someplace like /usr/local, where they tend to want to go anyway? -- Joel Rees