On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:24:51 +0800, Fbsd1 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only
> contain binaries installed from ports or packages.
No. The /usr/local subtree (LOCAL) is for local additions (ports
and packages), while things outside this structure usually belong
to the system itself; I'm excluding mounted filesystem and other
things here for a moment.
/usr/ contains the majority of user utilities and applications
bin/ common utilities, programming tools, and applica-
tions
But:
local/ local executables, libraries, etc. Also used as the
default destination for the FreeBSD ports framework.
Within local/, the general layout sketched out by
hier for /usr should be used. Exceptions are the
man directory (directly under local/ rather than
under local/share/), ports documentation (in
share/doc/<port>/), and /usr/local/etc (mimics
/etc).
Because we are on FreeBSD, there's excellent documentation
that shows how and why the system tree has a well intended
layout. :-)
The command
% man hier
will explain everything in detail.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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