Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:10:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail/fetchyahoo running failure Message-ID: <20040414121003.GA30945@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040414113323.GA45005@ozzmosis.com> References: <20040410030621.GA844@doom.homeunix.org> <20040414111827.GA44907@ozzmosis.com> <20040414113323.GA45005@ozzmosis.com>
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 09:33:23PM +1000, andrew clarke wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 09:18:27PM +1000, andrew clarke wrote:
>=20
> > Actually on second thoughts the lang/perl5 port will probably install
> > itself to /usr/local/bin/perl, leaving /usr/bin/perl alone, in which
>=20
> Now that I think about it, when I installed the misc/less port, the main
> binary was copied to /usr/local/bin/less, leaving /usr/bin/less alone.
>=20
> I assume this is common practice for Ports, ie. don't clobber anything
> distributed in the Base system (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, etc.)?
It's not just common practice -- it's one of the best things about
ports. Everything gets installed under /usr/local or /usr/X11R6 --
where necessary the port will be patched to expect to find it's
configuration files in (say) /usr/local/etc rather than /etc. The
strict adherence to hier(7) is excellent when it comes to updating one
part of the system without accidentally stomping on another part.
The only exceptions are a small number of ports like OpenSSL, OpenSSH
or BIND which have specific non-default options to let them overwrite
the equivalent software in the base system. =20
Perl itself installs all of it's files under /usr/local - mostly in
/usr/local/lib/perl5 or in /usr/local/bin. The 'use.perl' script
makes symbolic links so that '#!/usr/bin/perl' lines automatically
pick up the system default perl version. (Amongst other effects).
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
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