Subject: /usr/pkgsrc
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Robert V. Baron <rvb@gluck.coda.cs.cmu.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 02/23/1998 23:17:37
I was wondering.  Why do we install imported code into /usr/pkg?
Most code thinks it lives in /usr/local.  So for example, pulling
in ical is a pain, since it thinks tcl/tk is in /usr/local and we
have it in /usr/pkg.  ANd while we are at it.  Why do we put ports
into /usr/pkgsrc vs /usr/ports?