Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:18:31 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001210141831.N96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20001210135125.B82246@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 01:51:25PM -0800 References: <200012101557.KAA29588@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14899.47196.795281.662619@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.49294.958909.82912@guru.mired.org> <14899.54808.947617.700838@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.55273.863236.40012@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20001210113817.D80274@dragon.nuxi.com> <14899.59134.262811.806345@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20001210135125.B82246@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 01:51:25PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 12:26:38PM -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote: [snip] > > To the extent that NetBSD *forces* the local administrator to use > > /usr/pkg, I find it contains the same deficiency. > > Nope. One can ``ln -s /usr/local /usr/pkg'' and get the behavior those > that like everything in one place prefers while still segregating stuff > for those that prefer it. That makes no sense. The big argument has been that packages should not go into /usr/local because /usr/local is for something else. If you symlink do the symlink trick, you only have one real location for files. If you were to do that, /usr/local or /usr/pkg would be identical. Might as well make /usr/local the "real" location and symlink /usr/pkg. What's the difference? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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