On 03.12.2020 19:22, Thomas Klausner wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 01:15:43AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: >> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:15:23 +0100 >> From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> >> Message-ID: <20201203171523.cwhjugjgj2jxcdic%yt.nih.at@localhost> >> >> | Since we had two recent occurrences where this bit developers, I'd >> | like to globally replace: LOCALBASE with PREFIX. >> >> That is, make it easier for developers, and break users' setups? >> Doesn't sound like the right way to go to me. >> >> While LOCALBASE is perhaps not a great name, PREFIX is worse. >> Its only advantage is that it is shorter. Prefix of what? >> If you know what it is intended to be, fine, if you don't, its >> name is of zero help. LOCALBASE is at least sightly suggestive >> as to a purpose. >> >> I think I'd leave well enough alone, but improve the developer doc >> so that the issues are better understood. > > Currently there are both in use, the proposal is to use only one of the two. > Thomas > LOCALBASE is an obsolete name as it specified... /usr/local, but I would keep it as there is no better alternative and it is known from other BSDs. PKGBASE is taken, PKGPREFIX is overlapping with at least LUA and RUBY packages. I am hit by unavailable PREFIX in /etc/mk.conf and I am forced to use full paths starting with /usr/pkg.
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