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Date:      Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:39:07 +0200
From:      Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Kirill Ponomarew <krion@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/misc Makefile ports/misc/compat5x Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <200508280439.11640.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
In-Reply-To: <4310FEE5.4020401@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200508260521.j7Q5L2hN020122@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050826181333.GA58501@dragon.NUXI.org> <4310FEE5.4020401@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sunday 28 of August 2005 02:01, Doug Barton wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 05:21:02AM +0000, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
> >>krion       2005-08-26 05:21:02 UTC
> >>
> >>  FreeBSD ports repository
> >>
> >>  Modified files:
> >>    misc                 Makefile
> >>  Added files:
> >>    misc/compat5x        Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
> >>  Log:
> >>  This package allows you to install the compat5x libraries on your
> >>  system, so you can use legacy binaries that depend on them.
> >
> > I really think we should install these libs into /usr as we have always
> > done when these type of bits lived in /usr/src.
>
> If this is what the other compatNx ports do, then I agree. Either way, I
> think we should be consistent.

The other misc/compat ports also install in LOCALBASE/lib/compat. Legacy libs 
were installed in /usr/lib/compat by buildworld/installworld when COMPAT4X or 
other were defined.


Dejan



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