Re: /usr/local removed... but entries for it exist yet!
From: Lasse Hillerĝe Petersen (lhp+news_at_toft-hp.dk)
Date: 12/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:03:36 +0100
In article <41CBF5BE.40704@nomail.net>, nabis <nabis@nomail.net> wrote:
> Either like it or not, but people are still compiling software from
> source and writing little scripts and utilities for their own use.
> /usr/pkg and /usr/contrib don't reflect this purpose.
> Most of the configure scripts specify as the PREFIX the /usr/local
> directory, it is universally accepted (Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD).
> It does not make sence to remove it just to be different. Please put
> it back for us "local Yokos" :)
As I understand it, it was _removed_ for the benefit of "us local Yokos"?
By not having a skeleton /usr/local in the OS, everything about it is
left to the local admin to decide. Make it a mount point for your stuff,
a symlink to your stuff, a directory on the /usr or / partition
containing your stuff, whatever. Structure it this way or that way, or
call it something else. NetBSD doesn't care about it or mess with it.
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