Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:15:18 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usage of /usr/bin Message-ID: <201004071215.18491.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <4BBC4CA9.6090807@a1poweruser.com> References: <4BBC3343.8070703@a1poweruser.com> <20100407093536.cab35b04.freebsd@edvax.de> <4BBC4CA9.6090807@a1poweruser.com>
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On Wednesday 07 April 2010 11:13:13 Fbsd1 wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:24:51 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > >> Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only > >> contain binaries installed from ports or packages. > > > > No. The /usr/local subtree (LOCAL) is for local additions (ports > > and packages), while things outside this structure usually belong > > to the system itself; I'm excluding mounted filesystem and other > > things here for a moment. [snip] > > But that is not true. The postfix port populates /usr/bin. I haven't installed postfix, but is this possibly related to the recently (2010-03-22) added option to install postfix into the base? In which case the commit six days later claims to correct a problem with the default (non-base) install. Jonathan
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