From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 6 20:00:16 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D072DE374 for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 20:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@proulx.com) Received: from havoc.proulx.com (havoc.proulx.com [96.88.95.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49HSB805kBz4771 for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 20:00:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@proulx.com) Received: from joseki.proulx.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by havoc.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60EA3C1 for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:14 -0600 (MDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proulx.com; s=dkim2048; t=1588795214; bh=+xuHMjH7jbJXqfM7chmqat1iMtrSG1E36WYV9uHcWP4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=jHOBjQRMfyPd7xovDnERm6Ws7xzHHQfyStztOgsaJ5vqSNSQUQTef0sbPU5mcaluQ t1Rywx/NATeizgQM/8SaeuvZHch+2uA4D5nTWjmEF7Ziu6IMonofhy3ayrJmv4Soq6 SMbQYSgTRJIoOV0Hl3iyCgZvMjCiufCMrimyso2U+/SKXfKk7KhPOh4InqBVlKHE1M IcC6g+fjnGlyWQEsDZtDofTGl5DEy8SJhAp1Im/Kd1kRI/ebvlV27dr824K03KE50u XhJ/yDWvOXVN6U1/Bu6Ylayj2ba4pvFy4GYToboOeKvFob6iIyjOw87PIRQzHwMxBo HD6UGUXdGJMpQ== Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DA2211CE for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 904B82DC8C; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:14 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:14 -0600 From: Bob Proulx To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On a serious note, what I'd change about FreeBSD hier(7) Message-ID: <20200506135804224989717@bob.proulx.com> References: <83788746a7d8a802d8af4b582e00827166febd1a.camel@tom.com> <20200506172115.cb3b572b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200506175100.kvs2qj7ecy5ovml3@pumpkin.pr0.tips> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200506175100.kvs2qj7ecy5ovml3@pumpkin.pr0.tips> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49HSB805kBz4771 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=proulx.com header.s=dkim2048 header.b=jHOBjQRM; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bob@proulx.com designates 96.88.95.61 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bob@proulx.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.03 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[proulx.com:s=dkim2048]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[proulx.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[proulx.com:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7922, ipnet:96.64.0.0/11, country:US]; IP_SCORE(-0.53)[ipnet: 96.64.0.0/11(-1.96), asn: 7922(-0.64), country: US(-0.05)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:00:16 -0000 Timo Buhrmester wrote: > > I'd pretty much want to have all non-base stuff into somewhere else > > than /usr/local. I like NetBSD installing ports in /usr/pkg (or > > whenever you want set your $PREFIX to). I'd rather have /usr/local for > > my own personal software and avoid it messing up with official ports. > > Same here. I have a single FreeBSD machine in an ocean of NetBSD and > Linux so every now and then I'll install something without stopping to > recall that I'm on the FreeBSD machine. It hurts every time to undo > the installation, especially when what was installed collided with > an installed port. > > Maybe I should write a make wrapper that detects whether I'm in > /usr/local and goes Abort, Retry, Ignore?... Same here too. Except for the old DOS Abort, Retry, Ignore part! Bob