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From: alexandr@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Jerry Alexandratos)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Where to put packages *not* from FreeBSD ?
Date: 30 Dec 1996 05:58:33 GMT
Organization: Mos Eisley Candy Store
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In article <stanbE36GJD.2GL@netcom.com>, Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> wrote:
: Since FreeBSD puts things in .usr/loal, where should I putpackages that
: I wish to aintain *seperatly* from FreebSD. That is without any risk
: that any upgrading of FreeBSD (Binary or sourc via make worl) will mess
: with it?
FreeBSD only puts ports into /usr/local. Anything in /usr/src that is
made with "make world" never ends up in /usr/local (okay, never is a bad
word, someone could use -DPORTS or -DLOCAL, but the default never
touches /usr/local).
: Also what determines if FreeBSD puts the package in /usr/local (as
: opposed to say /bin or /usr/bin)?
Anything that isn't part of the FreeBSD source distribution gets tossed
into /usr/local. The rest of the directory structure is your basic BSD
directory structure.
One final note. The only anamoly to this is XFree86. This is of course
installed in /usr/X11R6. Then again, this is also a port, so it isn't
installed or upgraded by default when a "make world" is done.
--Jerry
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