From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 5 04:11:03 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id EAA29575 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 04:11:03 -0800 Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA29395 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 04:09:44 -0800 Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id OAA01061 for hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 14:10:22 +0200 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id NAA09317 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 13:46:53 +0200 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id NAA13160; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 13:46:51 +0200 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 13:46:51 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199512051146.NAA13160@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> To: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, satoshi@freebsd.org Subject: Again on a ports naming scheme (on hackers@ was: Re: More nits Organization: Electronni Visti InformAgency (ElVisti) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2+] Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, : > The ports software should be configured to install into either the : > standard directory tree, or into a seperate /usr/ports hierarchy. : What about : /usr/ports/NameOfPackage/{bin,man,lib,include,info,doc} : And - to have only one path in $PATH and $MANPATH - symlinks of every : package in: : /usr/ports/{bin,man,lib,include,info} : Makes it easier to see, what belongs to a port. ... or what is missed accidentally. : I generally dislike : a /usr/local/bin directory with about 327 utilities ... I vote YES! loudly for both suggestions. Why on the Earth must someone consider a great stuff ported by FreeBSD people to be 'local'? What if I have some my _really_ local stuff, written locally and installed locally? Why mess them in a single huge directory? Already asked this, but there wasn't an answer. I apologize for bothering people, that's my last attempt to rise this topic, but I have a strong feel that such a change will be a Good Thing (tm). Of course, if 'local' is taken from me, I'll create another subtree after all. :-) : -- : andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH : Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix - aklemm@wup.de - : \/ : ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz : apsfilter - magic print filter 4lpd >>> knobel is powered by FreeBSD <<< -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 An undocumented feature is a coding error.