From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 11 3:27:34 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 03:27:29 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2123437B738 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 03:24:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 193F06E2E7C for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:56:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA56060; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:54:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBB8swP90031; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:54:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:54:57 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Wes Peters Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local abuse Message-ID: <20001211005457.G89853@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3A336781.94E1646@newsguy.com> <14899.41809.754369.259894@guru.mired.org> <200012101557.KAA29588@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14899.43958.622675.847234@guru.mired.org> <20001210120840.C38697@vger.bsdhome.com> <14899.47196.795281.662619@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <14899.49294.958909.82912@guru.mired.org> <20001210134441.B39643@vger.bsdhome.com> <20001210113508.C80274@dragon.nuxi.com> <3A34343D.643B2377@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A34343D.643B2377@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 06:56:13PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 06:56:13PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > Do you understand why NetBSD Packages (ie, the system they took from us) > > install into /usr/pkg by default rather than /usr/local ? > > Yes, but that doesn't mean I agree with it. In fact, I find it slighly > bizarre. I dislike needing a different path on NetBSD than what I have > on {Free,Open}BSD. /me hands Wes a single symlink. :-) -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message