Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:31:31 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mplayer/mplayer-plugin question Message-ID: <20050423183131.GB98100@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <426A8C87.2030502@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050420155742.GA83965@thought.org> <AE4D469E6B141341B0344050@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <20050422182127.GA89355@thought.org> <200504222342.32068.danny@ricin.com> <op.spnlw20h9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <426975C7.3030008@FreeBSD.org> <20050423113852.2abf63d7.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <426A8C87.2030502@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 01:57:27PM -0400, Adam Weinberger wrote: > Miguel Mendez wrote: > >On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:08:07 -0400 > >Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > > >>Personally, I'd love to see /usr/X11R6 folded into /usr/local, but until > >>then, I think it's nothing short of retarded for apps to install into > >>unusual locations to prove a point. > > > > > >It might be interesting looking at the work the pkgsrc people have done > >wrt $PREFIX enforcement. On my NetBSD boxen xorg lives under > >/usr/pkg/xorg and all packages are installed under /usr/pkg, not > >/usr/X11R6 or /usr/local. > > > >Cheers, > > There are many good potential layouts, such as the one you mentioned. > But the issue in my mind is how one would go about implementing it > without wreaking havoc on the poor, unsuspecting users. > One logical move might be to have symlinks to either|or /usr/local, /usr/pkg in FreeBSD 6-STABLE, then have it hardwired in 7-STABLE. We could just dump everything into /usr, /usr/bin, and /etc; but it seems better to have a place for the default|system binaries, libs, /etc and one and only one for everything else. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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