From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 14 14:20:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8DC37B400 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE05643E65 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:20:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6ELKeBu031821; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:20:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <3D31EB28.5D21E654@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:20:40 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Valentine Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? References: <200207081430.g68EUgoZ062947@dotar.thuvia.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Valentine wrote: > 1. Packages install to /usr/local by default; Yes, and it's incredibly likely that they always will. So, you have two alternatives. First, you can set PREFIX to be something else in your /etc/make.conf file, and work with us on fixing that functionality when it breaks. Second, you can set a different directory to be your "really local" directory, and set your "long-standing (since 4.2BSD) cross-platform administrative policies" any way you want. Asking to change the default is totally non-productive at this stage of the game. > 2. I'd like to see improved support for building/installing packages > as non-root. I agree that this is a "nice to have." -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message