Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:13:49 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usage of /usr/bin Message-ID: <4BBD11AD.9090403@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <201004071215.18491.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> References: <4BBC3343.8070703@a1poweruser.com> <20100407093536.cab35b04.freebsd@edvax.de> <4BBC4CA9.6090807@a1poweruser.com> <201004071215.18491.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za>
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Jonathan McKeown wrote: > 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 > I installed the package of postfix and it installed is self into /usr/bin with out any help from me. Packages are frozen some time before the RELEASE is distributed to the public. The change you question would have never made it into the RELEASE 8.0 package.
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