From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1118 invoked by alias); 15 Nov 2001 22:16:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 1096 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2001 22:16:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO itdomain003.itdomain.net.au) (203.63.157.208) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 15 Nov 2001 22:16:20 -0000 Received: from lifelesswks ([144.137.124.227]) by itdomain003.itdomain.net.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.3779); Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:16:18 +1100 Message-ID: <05c601c16e23$68c9f060$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: "Stipe Tolj" , "Gerrit P. Haase" References: <5314439342.20011114212805@familiehaase.de> <3BF2D797.B0481987@ece.gatech.edu> <20011114211942.GB9636@redhat.com> <1119104841.20011114224550@familiehaase.de> <3BF3C479.B1E97461@wapme-systems.de> Subject: Re: new site for my ports is up Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 08:26:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Nov 2001 22:16:19.0073 (UTC) FILETIME=[266DDF10:01C16E23] X-SW-Source: 2001-11/txt/msg00342.txt.bz2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stipe Tolj" > Apache goes by default to /usr/local/apache and should reside there > for a cygwin based binary package that I'm currently preparing :)) Why should apache go to /usr/local/apache? Name one redhat/suse/debian style amanaged linux distribution that puts apache there! The configure script for _any_ package will need parameters given to it when building a package to be included in cygwin. Until now, no-one as raised the issue of changing _our_ standard, which is that setup.exe installed software installs into / and /usr, not into /usr/local. And I do not think we should change that. I don't believe that the users will be served by us installing into /usr/local. Rob P.S. for reference: Here's what some package managers do: 1) rpm. A package can install it's files anywhere and still be an rpm. There is no rhyme or reason other than the packagers decision. Distributors put all their generated rpm's into / and /usr, whilst vendors creating rpms make their own choice. 2) deb. A package _always_ installs into / and /usr, and _never_ touches /usr/local. /usr/local is reserved for user built and fiddled software, and /usr for package-manager installed software. Thus coping out your /home and /usr/local trees is all you need to do to preserve your personal files. 3) ports. (OpenBSD specifically). The default install of the system includes the kitchen sink, and the ports are all installed into /usr/local, along with user compiled software. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/