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From: ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What is meant by `port' (Was Re: Modem program for FreeBSD
Date: 14 Feb 1996 10:22:53 GMT
Organization: Alcatel Austria AG
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References: <4elddo$ee8@cdc2.cdc.net> <xcdivhmwfvi.fsf_-_@woodlawn.uchicago.edu> <4f4h2p$oub@mark.ucdavis.edu> <kientzleDMKvFC.C2x@netcom.com> <4fm3v7$788@helena.MT.net>
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Nate Williams (nate@trout.sri.MT.net) wrote:
: In article <kientzleDMKvFC.C2x@netcom.com>, <kientzle@netcom.com> wrote:
: >In article <4f4h2p$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. :)
Hmm, you can get the best of both worlds if you do something like the
following.
1) You keep the packages confined in /usr/local/name/...
2) In /usr/local/{bin,lib,man/...,include,...} you put symbolic links
to the /usr/local/name/... pieces.
3) Use a script to snarf and remove all links to the (now defunct)
/usr/local/name/... once you remove the package. If manpages were
in source form and were eventually formatted 9and ended up in man/cat*),
your script needs to remember the link version and look if there is
something similar in cat* directory.
I'm too lazy to write a script for something I do once a year (if that
often :) If I should happen to need such a beast, I'd be glad to pass
it on.
/Alby