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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: Re: Where to put packages *not* from FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <stanbE318MF.1GB@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) References: <stanbE2z02s.BIK@netcom.com> <59rvb3$1nm@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 17:59:02 GMT Lines: 36 Sender: stanb@netcom9.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33076 andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) writes: >In article <stanbE2z02s.BIK@netcom.com>, > stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) writes: >> I was wondering where one should put packages that were neithere a part >> of the FreeBSD distribution, nor obtained through the ports mechanism. >> I am concerned about what will happen to these packages when I upgrade >> FreeBSD. >If you want to upgrade FreeBSD, then it's usually done by updating >the sources of the OS. The source tree lives under /usr/src. There >are several ways, how to update the sources (cvsup, ctm, sup). short summary of how to upgrade by building entire system from source deleted. Well assume for the moment that I don't want to upgrade by recompileing the whole world. I originally installed from a CD without doing this. All I am trying to do at this time is plan for the future. IE when 2.2 comes out I will want to grab a CD and upgrade. I would like to know where is a safe place to put packages that are not part of what comes on the Cd or from the ports system, so that they will not be overwritten by the install from the CD. I am concerned since the traditional place "/usr/local" is heavily used within the FreBSD distribution. I'm just trying to understand the philosophy here. Or is updating by recompileing the entire source tree the only viable alternative here? -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.