Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:57:10 -0000 From: Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com To: jan@caustic.org Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Historical /usr/local Message-ID: <B162615B7188D511955F00805F8B207840CFC4@KOGFD-MSX01>
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/usr is "local" to the machine. /usr/local is also "local". I guess the only case when /usr is not local is if its nfs mounted-but that can't be the reason. I realize the convention is that add-on programs go to /usr/local similar to /opt in slowaris but the terminology or historical basis eludes me. > -----Original Message----- > From: f.johan.beisser [mailto:jan@caustic.org] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 5:48 PM > To: Lyons, Kevin KOGFD US > Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Historical /usr/local > > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 Kevin.Lyons@kvaerner.com wrote: > > > Does anyone know the reason we have a /usr/local and a > /usr? /usr/local > > would seem to be implied. > > care to expound on that a little? i'm not sure i understand > the question.. > > -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ > http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org > "John Ashcroft is really just the reanimated corpse > of J. Edgar Hoover." -- Tim Triche > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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