It was to be an option - ie: all install as /usr/pkg, or /usr.
	I believe there are enough people who will give up and walk away
	if the default is /usr :)

		David/absolute

 -=-  "I know its not the right thing, and I know its not the good thing"  -=-

On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote:

> 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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