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From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
Subject: Re: bin/40222: [directory hierarchy] /usr/contrib
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The following reply was made to PR bin/40222; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
To: Igor Sobrado <sobrado@acm.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/40222: [directory hierarchy] /usr/contrib
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 12:38:58 +0200

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 On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Igor Sobrado wrote:
 
 >       It should be nice to have a /usr/contrib in FreeBSD, in the same
 >       way as it is supported in BSD/OS or HP-UX.  /usr/contrib can be
 >       used to support optional software useful for the operating
 >       system but that it is not a part of it (bzip2, gzip, zip, perl,
 >       Tcl/Tk, expect, nmh, ...).
 
 apart from gzip and bzip2 (and for 4-S perl) being part of the base
 system, you may want to try /usr/local. this is where ports get
 installed and it's the perfectly right place to add your own binaries or
 files.
 
 cheers
   simon
 
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