Comments on: Darwin Ports Pextlib Problem http://porkrind.org/missives/darwin-ports-pextlib-problem/ Portal For The Masses Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://porkrind.org/missives/darwin-ports-pextlib-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-20 David Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:12:16 +0000 http://porkrind.org/missives2/?p=16#comment-20 <p>Hi Ryan, thanks but I think you misunderstand. I don’t want ports in plain old:</p> <p>/usr/local/</p> <p>Like I said in the article, /usr/local is my domain and I like to manage it with stow.</p> <p>Instead, I put it here:</p> <p>/usr/local/ports/</p> <p>I just hate superfluous top level directories on my disk.</p> Hi Ryan, thanks but I think you misunderstand. I don’t want ports in plain old:

/usr/local/

Like I said in the article, /usr/local is my domain and I like to manage it with stow.

Instead, I put it here:

/usr/local/ports/

I just hate superfluous top level directories on my disk.

]]> By: Ryan Schmidt http://porkrind.org/missives/darwin-ports-pextlib-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Ryan Schmidt Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:31:11 +0000 http://porkrind.org/missives2/?p=16#comment-19 <p>As a long-time MacPorts/DarwinPorts user, I can only very strongly recommend that you do not install MacPorts configured to use /usr/local. By doing so, you are shooting yourself in the foot. /opt/local was chosen for a several good reasons. See the FAQ:</p> <p>http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#Whyis/opt/localthedefaultinstalllocationforMacPorts</p> As a long-time MacPorts/DarwinPorts user, I can only very strongly recommend that you do not install MacPorts configured to use /usr/local. By doing so, you are shooting yourself in the foot. /opt/local was chosen for a several good reasons. See the FAQ:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#Whyis/opt/localthedefaultinstalllocationforMacPorts

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