Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:14 -0600 From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On a serious note, what I'd change about FreeBSD hier(7) Message-ID: <20200506135804224989717@bob.proulx.com> In-Reply-To: <20200506175100.kvs2qj7ecy5ovml3@pumpkin.pr0.tips> References: <83788746a7d8a802d8af4b582e00827166febd1a.camel@tom.com> <20200506172115.cb3b572b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAEJNuHyB66K16JHFPcabfyoWoNT=GGFjFJ0wfqpDB27CYidnzA@mail.gmail.com> <20200506175100.kvs2qj7ecy5ovml3@pumpkin.pr0.tips>
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Timo Buhrmester wrote: > > I'd pretty much want to have all non-base stuff into somewhere else > > than /usr/local. I like NetBSD installing ports in /usr/pkg (or > > whenever you want set your $PREFIX to). I'd rather have /usr/local for > > my own personal software and avoid it messing up with official ports. > > Same here. I have a single FreeBSD machine in an ocean of NetBSD and > Linux so every now and then I'll install something without stopping to > recall that I'm on the FreeBSD machine. It hurts every time to undo > the installation, especially when what was installed collided with > an installed port. > > Maybe I should write a make wrapper that detects whether I'm in > /usr/local and goes Abort, Retry, Ignore?... Same here too. Except for the old DOS Abort, Retry, Ignore part! Bob
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