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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 1998 07:10:21 -0700
From:      Chris Faehl <cfaehl@cs.unm.edu>
To:        Tom <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Division between /usr/local and everything else 
Message-ID:  <E0xv0sq-00060P-00@enterprise.cs.unm.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Jan 1998 18:22:01 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980120182007.2929D-100000@misery.sdf.com> 

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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.

Ugh, my apologies. I'm getting our install of exim (which was not built with
ports) confused with a ports install.

> 
> > 	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.

And yet, there are plenty, mostly X11 stuff.

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> > Chris Faehl			      | Email: cfaehl@cs.unm.edu
> > The University of New Mexico          | URL:   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cfaehl
> > Computer Science Dept., Rm. FEC 313   | Phone: 505/277-3526
> > Albuquerque, NM  87131  USA           | FAX:   505/277-6927
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> 
> Tom
> 
> 

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Chris Faehl			      | Email: cfaehl@cs.unm.edu
The University of New Mexico          | URL:   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cfaehl
Computer Science Dept., Rm. FEC 313   | Phone: 505/277-3526
Albuquerque, NM  87131  USA           | FAX:   505/277-6927
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