Re: installation prefix with pkgsrc including non-BSD: always /usr/pkg?

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost>]

> On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 02:47:40PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:11:19AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > > Does pkgsrc always install to the same prefix, typically /usr/pkg, even
> > > for non-BSD packages that are normally installed in /bin, /sbin, /lib
> > > and /include?

> > Yes. No installation outside $PREFIX (and maybe $VARBASE in some edge
> > cases).

> No.

> % pkg_info -qL standalone-tcsh
> /bin/tcsh
> /usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1
> /usr/share/nls/C/tcsh.cat
> ...

> There is no reason to impose arbitrary restrictions on where packages place
> packages.

> Regards,
> Alistair

Good to know, after I was disheartened by the first reply.

One would not normally want to install a whole (quasi-)Unix system to /usr/pkg 
prefix.

 
Tom