Subject: Re: share vs. share/games (vs. /var/games)
To: NetBSD Packages Technical Discussion List <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/09/2000 21:55:56
	Moving the games into $prefix/games would remove the conflict
	between omega and TeX :) - its also nice for people to cd into
	games and have a browse. Personally I like it...

		David/absolute

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Wednesday, February 9, 2000 at 01:52:32 (-0700), Tim Rightnour wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: share vs. share/games (vs. /var/games)
> >
> > Putting games in ${PREFIX}/games is really annoying..  now people have to muck
> > with thier path and whatnot to play them.. thats not nice.
> 
> I couldn't agree more!  :-)
> 
> Putting add-on packages in ${PREFIX}/bin is equally annoying.
> 
> Just set PREFIX=/usr and be done with it.
> 
> (Seriously:  put "PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/games ; export PATH" in
> /etc/profile and be done with it.  What kind of Unix admin doesn't put
> /usr/games in the default path too, BTW?)
> 
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