Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:22:41 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <3A336781.94E1646@newsguy.com> References: <14898.31393.228926.763711@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012091347030.88984-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > > Rant second: FreeBSD *violates* years of traditions with it's > treatment of /usr/local. /usr/local is for *local* things, not add-on > software packages! Coopting /usr/local for non-local software creates > needless complexity and confusion, which of course leads to needless > pain. Not for everyone. FreeBSD adopted one of the ways /usr/local was being used. You can keep ranting on this and pretending the way above is how everyone used /usr/local as long as you want, but the fact is that you won't get this changed. Honestly, let it go. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org "The bronze landed last, which canceled that method of impartial choice." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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