From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 8 05:01:52 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 8F8F737B405 for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 05:01:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (gwdu60.gwdg.de [134.76.98.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED66E43F85 for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 05:01:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gwdu60.gwdg.de (8.12.8p1/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h48C1mJc000753; Thu, 8 May 2003 14:01:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from localhost (kheuer2@localhost)h48C1lsu000750; Thu, 8 May 2003 14:01:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: gwdu60.gwdg.de: kheuer2 owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 14:01:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer To: collins In-Reply-To: <20030508054622.66b3bac7.erichey2@attbi.com> Message-ID: <20030508135130.V476-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: bsd Subject: Re: /usr/local/bin and so forth 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, 08 May 2003 12:01:52 -0000 On Thu, 8 May 2003, collins wrote: > Coming from a linux background (gentoo distro), I find it strange to > find all sorts of crap in /usr/local/bin. I'm used to find all standard > software in /usr/bin (or certain binary packages in /opt) and to find > /usr/local/bin reserved for stuff added by the local administrator. > > 1. What's the rationale behind this for freebsd? /usr/local/bin etc. have traditionally (UNIX tradition) always been used for local additions done by the admin and for additional open source software. To my mind, it's not a good idea to put all those software in /usr/bin. Linux, which is essentially just a kernel with lots of software packages and among them especially the GNU untilities, does not distinguish between ls and (let's say) a2ps; but FreeBSD which is a full os does. So /usr/bin etc. only contain what belongs to the system. > 2. Where does one (as a standard) put truly local scripts, etc. so it > won't get confused with all the stuff in /usr/local/bin? You are free to create (e.g.) /usr/local/myownstuff/bin and to put your own stuff there. Best regards Konrad Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany