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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: what do you think ... should/could ports move to -> /usr/local/ports ?
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On Sun, Sep 07, 1997 at 10:56:18AM -0400, Evan Champion wrote:
> Andreas Klemm wrote:
>> I'm just repartitioning my system. When thinking about a new
>> disk layout and partitioning I came to the conclusion, that
>> putting the ports collection to /usr/local/ports would be cleaner,
>> than using /usr/ports.
>
> I find that /usr/local/ is overused as it is. 

Agreed.

> You could move it to /usr/local/ and make a symlink, or make a new
> slice for /usr/ports/.

/usr/local or its replacement should possibly be a separate file
system.  I find the idea of mounting file systems on non-root file
systems aesthetically displeasing.  How about (shudder) following the
System V example and mounting them on /opt?

Greg