Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 17:00:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: jbryant@tfs.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what do you think ... should/could ports move to -> /usr/local/ports ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970908165344.21206A-100000@roguetrader.com> In-Reply-To: <199709082242.PAA16151@usr09.primenet.com>
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
> 2) If /opt is used, there is an ABI problem with installation
> of third party packaged wor SunOS/Solaris on FreeBSD boxes
> as part of an install into a SunOS/Solaris ABI environment;
> speficially, how do you tell /opt/cc for /opt/cc?
I dont think using /opt would be a good idea, not only is it normally
laid-out a little different than most people seem to want, but it would
also imply Solaris-isms.. *shrug* (this is a bad thing for me, but I have
bad SunOS experience).
The more I think about it, having the name be 'pkg' and it located
wherever (/pkg or /usr/pkg, perhaps configurable as you specified for
/opt) would be pretty nice, and have the file/dir structure as (keep in
mind, this is only for packages/ports):
/pkg/bin /usr/local/bin
/pkg/sbin /usr/local/sbin
/pkg/etc /usr/local/etc
/pkg/man /usr/local/man
/pkg/db /var/db/pkg
/pkg/src (?) /usr/ports
Etc.. the points on the right are where things currently reside..
-Brandon Gillespie
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