Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:00:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@uol.com.br> Cc: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qmail install locations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007040857500.11601-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20000629124705.A210@Fedaykin.here>
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: >On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:01:39AM -0700, R Joseph Wright wrote: >> I just installed qmail and the installation does not mesh with the >> rest of the system. For example, virtually everything goes under >> /var, even the executables. Being a port, I think it should not >> compete with the base system's space. >> >> Would anyone object to me tweaking it to go under /usr/local? Then I >> will fill out a PR. > > I do object. :) > When first writing the port, I considered attending hier(7). > However, that would make any qmail how-tos, recipes, scripts, ... >bogus. > I prefer to keep it this way, but I can write patches to have the >hier compliance be optional. > Committers? What do you think? How about following hier(7) and then installing a script that would create links in /var/qmail for the stuff "how-tos, recipes, scripts, ..." expects? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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