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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What is meant by `port' (Was Re: Modem program for FreeBSD Date: 12 Feb 1996 01:08:55 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4fm3v7$788@helena.MT.net> References: <4elddo$ee8@cdc2.cdc.net> <xcdivhmwfvi.fsf_-_@woodlawn.uchicago.edu> <4f4h2p$oub@mark.ucdavis.edu> <kientzleDMKvFC.C2x@netcom.com> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <kientzleDMKvFC.C2x@netcom.com>, <kientzle@netcom.com> wrote: >In article <4f4h2p$oub@mark.ucdavis.edu>, >David E. O'Brien <obrien@nob.ucdavis.edu> wrote: [ Packages install in /usr/local using the scheme in heir(7) ] > >Unfortunately, although restricting new installs to /usr/local is >a vast improvement over what you describe, I still find it lacking. >I've been tinkering with the following scheme: > >For each program/system/application/whatever, create > > /usr/local/app/<program>/ > >with subdirectories--bin, lib, libexec, man/man1, etc.--for that >program. I disagree. I've used both versions, and maintaining my dot files when you use the above configuration is a nightmare. Given the choices between making it harder for the sys. admin. vs making it harder for the users, I'll choose to make the sys. admin's life more difficult. :) Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth