From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 11:25:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE7716A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:25:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B46FB43D2E for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:25:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBBJPJtd075494 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:25:22 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hBBJPJ5J075493; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:25:19 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:25:19 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Tony Jones Message-ID: <20031211192519.GA75256@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Tony Jones , paul beard , questions@freebsd.org References: <20031211175627.A58DA5F5@zebedee.tonyjones.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031211175627.A58DA5F5@zebedee.tonyjones.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: paul beard cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl 5.8.2 problems (was Re: how to build Spamassassin) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:25:39 -0000 --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:56:27AM -0800, Tony Jones wrote: > =20 > > > why is it in /usr/local/perl/bin? As far as I have seen, the ports=20 > > > collection doesn't do that. did you install as a port (make install i= n=20 > > > /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8)? > >=20 > > Yes. make install PREFIX=3D/usr/local/perl >=20 > I of course also did 'make PREFIX=3D/usr/local/perl' before doing the ins= tall. The main reason for doing that sort of thing with most unixoid systems is that using a unique prefix for every software package you install means that you can easily identify which files belong to what package when later on it comes time to update things. However, you don't have to do it that way on FreeBSD -- the ports system itself keeps track of where all of the installed files come =66rom. Following the defaults -- that is, using the prefixes /usr/local or /usr/X11R6 -- means that all the binaries will appear in locations that are already on user paths, and dependent software packages will be able to find shared libraries to link against. But then again, it's your system and you can do what you like with it. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/2MSedtESqEQa7a0RAnvTAJ4nbEmU06KTGHGZPUwJKdCaXpjt/QCfRKvz 5iqfRypx+mnjRlk3Lv6MRR4= =ORB7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7--