Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 10:50:58 +0200 From: Lutz Albers <lutz@muc.de> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what do you think ... should/could ports move to -> /usr/local/ports ? Message-ID: <v03110704b0396c133299@[192.168.42.51]> In-Reply-To: <19970908080917.09111@klemm.gtn.com>
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Andreas Klemm wrote on 08.09.1997
Re: what do you think ... should/could ports move to -> /u
>> How about (shudder) following the
>> System V example and mounting them on /opt?
>
>The pure System V R4 example follows the idea:
>
> /opt/<package>/{bin,lib,man,...}
>not
> /opt/{bin,lib,man}
>
...
>Would have the disadvantage to have many many bin subdirs and
>youd have to symlink everything into a global
> /opt/bin
> /opt/include
> /opt/lib
> /opt/man
> /opt/info
Or use the modules system (see <http://www.modules.org>). You would use the
command
module add <package>
to add it to PATH, and
module delete <package>
to remove it.
A much more cleaner method than the trash heap called /usr/local :-)
ciao
lutz
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