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Date:      Mon, 8 Sep 1997 09:37:40 +0930
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 ?
Message-ID:  <19970908093740.17864@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <3412C092.57D67DA9@synapse.net>; from Evan Champion on Sun, Sep 07, 1997 at 10:56:18AM -0400
References:  <19970907160423.39071@klemm.gtn.com> <3412C092.57D67DA9@synapse.net>

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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




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