Subject: Re: netscape (binary package)
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/11/1999 11:32:14
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:16:45 -0800 (PST)
David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com> wrote:
> Given the package people are looking at having 'prefix=/usr'
> as an option on installs that would give us /usr/netscape.
AGH! For stuff like Netscape, PREFIX _should not be /usr_! These
are optional, 3rd-party packages, and belong in /usr/pkg!
Sigh, I guess it's time for me to reread the last package prefix proposal
and voice all of the objections I apparently missed before.
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