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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!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!mr.net!visi.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!192.174.65.41!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!cmir.arnes.si!eunet.si!news From: Blaz Zupan <blaz.zupan@medinet.si> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Where to put packages *not* from FreeBSD ? Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 08:54:25 +0100 Organization: Medinet Lines: 18 Message-ID: <32C77531.41C67EA6@medinet.si> References: <stanbE2z02s.BIK@netcom.com> <59rvb3$1nm@klemm.gtn.com> <5a4t9e$5b2@nr1.vancouver.istar.net> <stanbE36GJD.2GL@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: server.medinet.si Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cache-Post-Path: server.medinet.si!unknown@gold.medinet.si Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33310 Stan Brown wrote: > Since FreeBSD puts things in .usr/loal, where should I putpackages that > I wish to aintain *seperatly* from FreebSD. That is without any risk > that any upgrading of FreeBSD (Binary or sourc via make worl) will mess > with it? > > Also what determines if FreeBSD puts the package in /usr/local (as > opposed to say /bin or /usr/bin)? FreeBSD does *NOT* put anything in /usr/local. Only the optional packages (the ones from the ports collection) are installed in /usr/local. /usr/local is the right place for "local" additions. "make world" does not touch /usr/local, except I think it tries to create it if it does not already exist. -- Blaz Zupan, blaz.zupan@medinet.si, http://www.medinet.si/~blaz Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia