From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 15 08:30:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0FD616A417 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fmatthew5876@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F81913C46E for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fmatthew5876@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so414525nzf for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:30:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=aftlHcbEgj6o3KbaeiqZMljA6Kn1rjZ8HDoQPsFmUds=; b=nv3NuQsodTP+PTqbd0puPa7Lmyub+urGfaPX5qB58D3MVBXufK65+uCkRKdMbzPASmU52iATCCpGq3INdf/BKlkmrZn9C2JrTiWOXsU0Pv43PWgIQCXc2ZvE9gMnfGMwZh2XUcWGFwqUuoo8UhbLnaPE3cnp2cDvH2eNPv/1qfE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Sab6DTVm4ts0sdgNi9zgG6kjBlsu6ufvqGl9G2/SetARGV3FPBGF1JxvERq3ynRKwK+2ouz9lOTsU3R/Hl6CIaFWcCfKR3Xqe8KDJOyiBj4E0LLgRauHhCScS1p+gJkjLlBm3kS+dCwrMhdisxESM3mRiJiL/AL9sy225GveI+Q= Received: by 10.142.128.6 with SMTP id a6mr41864wfd.1195115399414; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:29:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.164.20 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:29:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3eca10930711150029m5c6b0abbm4f7ff448d70c4664@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:29:59 -0500 From: "Matt Fioravante" To: "Lars Eighner" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071114133802.M51192@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3eca10930711141005m5ceb5d8bve7a1b6f235057342@mail.gmail.com> <20071114133802.M51192@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> Cc: Subject: Re: Installing ports to /usr X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:30:04 -0000 Well I was just comtemplating the idea of setting up a freebsd load at my workplace. They already run linux and solaris and because of bad decisions in the past, they mount their afs shares on /usr/local. So I would have to install ports in /usr or some other prefix. On Nov 14, 2007 2:38 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Matt Fioravante wrote: > > > Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr > > instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system > > binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? > > I know of a few name conflicts that can occur in certain circumstances (such > as the system lpr and hplip lpr). You may be lucky and avoid these. It is > also possible that some ports will not find one another or that wrong > locations may be hard coded --- this should not happen, but there should not > be any broken ports, unfetchable sources and so forth. > > Such an arrangement would require extreme vigilance, beyond what the ports > management software can do (if they can be persuaded to work at all in such > an environment). I cannot think of a good reason to do what you want to do, > but you ought to be very clear that somehow there is no other way and be > prepared for the consequences. > > -- > Lars Eighner > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 > >