From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Mar 19 08:49:54 1995 Return-Path: ports-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA13603 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 08:49:54 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA13596 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 08:49:45 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA14588; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:49:19 +0200 Message-Id: <199503191649.SAA14588@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Gripe of the week (tm) :-) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:49:19 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: ports-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Can we not reorganise the X ports a little so that they do not go into > > /usr/X11R6/..., but rather into /usr/local/...? It is (IMO) kinda like > > installing ports into /usr/bin. > > > > What say you? I'm happy to do the work for those ports that I actually use. > > > I am in rather strong agreement with Mark on this one. It is rather > painfull for those of us who follow the XFree alpha/beta/release cycle > and blow away our /usr/X11R6 often to have to go back and rebuild > all this stuff. Great! Thanks Rod. Patches will form part of the war :-> :-> :-> M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200