Volker A. Brandt wrote on 06/16/08 02:30 PM:
>>>> However, I will -not- install the package.
>>>> It has a base path of /usr/local.
>>> You are absolutely correct. Such thoughtlessness has annoyed me for
>>> years (especially since FOSS started to be developed 99% on Linux).
>>>
>>> However, there is nothing we can do about it.
>> You could download the tarball instead of the pkg, then install it
>> wherever your heart desires...
>
> This is not the point. I could also edit the package and change
> the basedir, the package map, or whatever else is necessary.
>
> Any and all third party software landing on my systems should be
> contained in a package. Any software deployment based on tarballs
> shows that someone somewhere failed to do a job properly.
>
> Just my paranoid opinion. :-)
I don't disagree with that opinion - I just disagree with the assertion
that there's no workaround :)
~Iain
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