Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:32:36 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: jbeich@freebsd.org (Jan Beich) Cc: bapt@FreeBSD.org, arch@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: manpath change for ports ? Message-ID: <86wpbyn93v.fsf@desk.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20170308190351.23C5470F2@freefall.freebsd.org> (Jan Beich's message of "Wed, 8 Mar 2017 19:03:51 %2B0000 (UTC)") References: <20170308190351.23C5470F2@freefall.freebsd.org>
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jbeich@freebsd.org (Jan Beich) writes: > /usr/local is *the* default location according to GNU[1] and reinforced > by FHS[2] which want it "safe from being overwritten when the system > software is updated". Not on FreeBSD where site-local stuff like your > example above and ports/packages trample on each other. NetBSD avoided > the issue by moving /usr/local to /usr/pkg. All correct, but I don't really see the relevance... DE --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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