Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:12:49 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <3A342A11.6C973A4F@softweyr.com> References: <14898.31393.228926.763711@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012091347030.88984-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org> <3A336781.94E1646@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
>
> Mike Meyer wrote:
> >
> > Rant second: FreeBSD *violates* years of traditions with it's
> > treatment of /usr/local. /usr/local is for *local* things, not add-on
> > software packages! Coopting /usr/local for non-local software creates
> > needless complexity and confusion, which of course leads to needless
> > pain.
>
> Not for everyone. FreeBSD adopted one of the ways /usr/local was being
> used. You can keep ranting on this and pretending the way above is how
> everyone used /usr/local as long as you want, but the fact is that you
> won't get this changed.
I worked on smail as early as 1985; it installed in /usr/local way back
then. I think the "/usr/local is for local extensions" is a SysV mindset.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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