Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 02:04:36 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> 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: <200012100904.CAA27546@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Dec 2000 13:05:32 CST." <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org> References: <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org> <14898.31393.228926.763711@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012091347030.88984-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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In message <14898.33404.356173.963351@guru.mired.org> Mike Meyer writes: : Corrections first: The only place where FreeBSD fails to follow FHS : (in my quick perusal of it) is in putting packages in /usr/local : instead of /opt. You can't blame that part of FHS on Linux - I have as : yet to see a Linux distro or package do it that way. No, this bit : comes from commercial vendors, where it's also steeped in years of : tradition. Not as many as you might think. /usr/local predates /opt by several years. : 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. Ummm, software packages have been make installing into /usr/local since at least 1985 when I started building them. no coopting has been done. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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