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. -- Freddie Cash [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
