Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:34:15 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "Matt Fioravante" <fmatthew5876@gmail.com> Cc: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing ports to /usr Message-ID: <18236.19159.239020.905528@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <3eca10930711150029m5c6b0abbm4f7ff448d70c4664@mail.gmail.com> References: <3eca10930711141005m5ceb5d8bve7a1b6f235057342@mail.gmail.com> <20071114133802.M51192@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <3eca10930711150029m5c6b0abbm4f7ff448d70c4664@mail.gmail.com>
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Matt Fioravante writes: > 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. Nobody's saying you can't put them somewhere else, only that the specific location "/usr" (and by extension anywhere that already has a function under hier) is a Really Bad Idea. Robert Huff
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