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From: jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr (Jean-Marc Zucconi)
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>>>>> "Jordan" == Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> writes:

 >> There is no problem if you have only one 'local' hierarchy, but what
 >> if you want to install ports in several different locations? Of course
 >> it is also possible to create a full tree for each location, but
 >> creating 15-25 subdirectories when I only need /usr/foo/bin and
 >> /usr/foo/man/man1 is not the best solution.

 > I still don't think you understand.

I think I understand what you are doing, but I still disagree :-)

 > pkg_add will create the complete hierarchy for you if you install a
 > port package.  I fully expect some part of the generic install
 > framework to do the same thing (since we're trying to keep the
 > behavior of `pkg_add' and `make install' in sync here, right?).  

I still understand.

 > Sure,
 > the user probably gets a lot more directories in /usr/foo than they
 > expected, but that's the breaks.  I think the gain is worth it.

This is where we disagree: I prefer some redondant rules in a Makefile
to a lot of empty directories through my disk.


 > 						Jordan

Jean-Marc

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