Re: Installing ports to /usr
Well I was just comtemplating the idea of setting up a freebsd load at my workplace. They already run linux and solaris and because of bad decisions in the past, they mount their afs shares on /usr/local. So I would have to install ports in /usr or some other prefix. On Nov 14, 2007 2:38 PM, Lars Eighner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Matt Fioravante wrote: Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? I know of a few name conflicts that can occur in certain circumstances (such as the system lpr and hplip lpr). You may be lucky and avoid these. It is also possible that some ports will not find one another or that wrong locations may be hard coded --- this should not happen, but there should not be any broken ports, unfetchable sources and so forth. Such an arrangement would require extreme vigilance, beyond what the ports management software can do (if they can be persuaded to work at all in such an environment). I cannot think of a good reason to do what you want to do, but you ought to be very clear that somehow there is no other way and be prepared for the consequences. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing ports to /usr
Matt Fioravante writes: Well I was just comtemplating the idea of setting up a freebsd load at my workplace. They already run linux and solaris and because of bad decisions in the past, they mount their afs shares on /usr/local. So I would have to install ports in /usr or some other prefix. Nobody's saying you can't put them somewhere else, only that the specific location /usr (and by extension anywhere that already has a function under hier) is a Really Bad Idea. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing ports to /usr
Matt Fioravante wrote:
Well I was just comtemplating the idea of setting up a freebsd load at
my workplace. They already run linux and solaris and because of bad
decisions in the past, they mount their afs shares on /usr/local. So I
would have to install ports in /usr or some other prefix.
Why repeat past mistakes :) ?
just make /usr and /usr/local on the freebsd box different partitions.
(otional)
Then mount it as
mount -t nfs feebsd-host:/usr/local /usr/local/freebsd
and add /usr/local/freebsd/{sbin,bin} to the $PATH
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Installing ports to /usr
Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing ports to /usr
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Matt Fioravante wrote: Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? It's not safe, for the reasons that you have specified. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Opportunities are seldom labeled ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing ports to /usr
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Matt Fioravante wrote: Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? You break the 'standard' file/directory hierarchy. Even though it is not supposed to be so, there may be some things out there that make the assumption that stuff will be found in its standard place. See man hier jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing ports to /usr
Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? More importantly, why do you want/need to do this? I personally like the separation of world and ports. It keeps things nice and tidy, and that's I'm sure a major reason why it was done that way (obviously, clobbering things in /usr is the main reason). Josh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing ports to /usr
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Matt Fioravante wrote: Would there be any negative ramifications to installing ports in /usr instead of /usr/local? Like could they potentially clobber system binaries and other files or is this pretty safe to do? I know of a few name conflicts that can occur in certain circumstances (such as the system lpr and hplip lpr). You may be lucky and avoid these. It is also possible that some ports will not find one another or that wrong locations may be hard coded --- this should not happen, but there should not be any broken ports, unfetchable sources and so forth. Such an arrangement would require extreme vigilance, beyond what the ports management software can do (if they can be persuaded to work at all in such an environment). I cannot think of a good reason to do what you want to do, but you ought to be very clear that somehow there is no other way and be prepared for the consequences. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing ports into /usr/pkg
Hello... I am trying to install the ports into /usr/pkg instead of /usr/local, I am setting LOCALBASE and PREFIX to /usr/pkg in the /etc/make.conf it installes where I want it but when I install a port that depends on a already installed port it does not see that it is installed and trys to install it agian, anyone know how I can fix that? -- Eirik Nygaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://kverka.org/~eirik/ PGP Key: 83C55EDE msg01137/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
