On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 11:20:38AM -0400, Jim Trigg wrote:
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> But most of what's in /usr/local/etc is machine-specific.
Not if you have a lab/office with a hundred workstations all running the
same set of third-party apps, it isn't.
Cheers,
Scott
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On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:03:51PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 03:42:52AM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote:
> >
> > For system (OS, that's kernel and userland) settings you have /etc
> > For local (packages/ports) settings you have /usr/local/etc or /usr/X11R6/etc
> >
> > Of
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 03:42:52AM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote:
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> For system (OS, that's kernel and userland) settings you have /etc
> For local (packages/ports) settings you have /usr/local/etc or /usr/X11R6/etc
>
> Of course these two local bases should have been merely hard linked long ago
Chipping in here, because although the answers are (of course!) correct it
may clarify a bit...
On Friday 13 August 2004 02:40, Bill Moran wrote:
> "Joshua Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have decided to take the plunge and try out 5.2.1. I figure it will be
> > 5.3 soon and I like the i
"Joshua Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have decided to take the plunge and try out 5.2.1. I figure it will be
> 5.3 soon and I like the idea of upgrading at that time. So I am going to
> start fiddling with it.
>
> The first thing I am noticing is when installing apps from the ports
> direc
