Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

On Friday 11 May 2007 07:35 am, Mike Meyer wrote:
I still think we ought to quit pretending that ports/packages aren't
part of BSD, and default LOCALBASE to /usr. But if changing it is
being tested, that's a big help.

Personally, this is the one thing I like *most* about BSD. There is a
clear separation between what ships as part of the OS, and what apps I
install on it later. There's a consistency to things, that you just
can't find anywhere else.

/ and /usr are the OS.

/usr/local is what the ports tree installs.

/whatever/i/want/ is where I install things from source to keep them
separate.

One could make the case for /usr to be the OS, /usr/pkg (or whatever) for
port installs, and /usr/local for local source installs. So long as the
OS is separate from the apps.

With the OS and apps separate, you can upgrade them asynchronously.
There's a nice feeling to running the latest version of appX on FreeBSD
5.3. Or an older version of appY on FreeBSD 6-STABLE.

Try getting something similar on a Linux system.
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