Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:29:59 -0500 From: "Matt Fioravante" <fmatthew5876@gmail.com> To: "Lars Eighner" <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing ports to /usr Message-ID: <3eca10930711150029m5c6b0abbm4f7ff448d70c4664@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071114133802.M51192@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <3eca10930711141005m5ceb5d8bve7a1b6f235057342@mail.gmail.com> <20071114133802.M51192@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Well I was just comtemplating the idea of setting up a freebsd load at my workplace. They already run linux and solaris and because of bad decisions in the past, they mount their afs shares on /usr/local. So I would have to install ports in /usr or some other prefix. On Nov 14, 2007 2:38 PM, Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Matt Fioravante wrote: > > > Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr > > instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system > > binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? > > I know of a few name conflicts that can occur in certain circumstances (such > as the system lpr and hplip lpr). You may be lucky and avoid these. It is > also possible that some ports will not find one another or that wrong > locations may be hard coded --- this should not happen, but there should not > be any broken ports, unfetchable sources and so forth. > > Such an arrangement would require extreme vigilance, beyond what the ports > management software can do (if they can be persuaded to work at all in such > an environment). I cannot think of a good reason to do what you want to do, > but you ought to be very clear that somehow there is no other way and be > prepared for the consequences. > > -- > Lars Eighner > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 > >
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