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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 1998 18:22:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Chris Faehl <cfaehl@cs.unm.edu>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Division between /usr/local and everything else
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980120182007.2929D-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <E0xuosK-00024h-00@enterprise.cs.unm.edu>

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On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Chris Faehl wrote:

> Hi,
> 	I hope this isn't a FAQ that I'm missing somewhere - but it
> would be very useful if *all* ports could be built into the /usr/local
> hierarchy. Some packages (like exim) build into their own directory
> (/usr/exim).

  No, Exim builds into /usr/local/*.  I'm looking the Makefile right now.

> 	I would like to see some way of building EITHER in the default
> location OR into the /usr/local hierarchy. The way it is now makes it
...

  Any port that doesn't build into /usr/local/ is broken.

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> Chris Faehl			      | Email: cfaehl@cs.unm.edu
> The University of New Mexico          | URL:   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cfaehl
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> 

Tom




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