From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jul 5 2:10:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48C1F37B400 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E9843E42 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g659A2JU071755 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g659A2pg071754; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6DB37B400 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 312DD43E09 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:07:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6597sOT097768 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:07:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g6597sKs097767; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200207050907.g6597sKs097767@www.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:07:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Igor Sobrado To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: bin/40222: [directory hierarchy] /usr/contrib Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 40222 >Category: bin >Synopsis: [directory hierarchy] /usr/contrib >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 05 02:10:02 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Igor Sobrado >Release: 4.6-RELEASE >Organization: University of Oviedo >Environment: FreeBSD localhost 4.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE #2: Thu Jul 4 09:59:34 CEST 2002 sobrado@localhost:/usr/src/sys/compile/HP-OB4100 i386 >Description: It should be nice to have a /usr/contrib in FreeBSD, in the same way as it is supported in BSD/OS or HP-UX. /usr/contrib can be used to support optional software useful for the operating system but that it is not a part of it (bzip2, gzip, zip, perl, Tcl/Tk, expect, nmh, ...). Somtimes that software is useful for the operating system (administrative Perl scripts that can be a part of the operating system in the future.) Those scripts can be the path to the interpreter hard-coded to /usr/contrib/bin. If a user needs a modified release of that software (like a different release of Tcl/Tk) it can add it safety without breaking the operating system by replacing the fully functional releases. We can think on problems that happens at present, for example with the binutils chain. >How-To-Repeat: It is only an improvement. And it does not violates POLA. >Fix: It is only a reasonable OS improvement. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message