<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">One of the reasons I prefer MacPorts is that it does NOT install in /usr/local.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am still in the habit of thinking that /usr/local is a system directory that is expected to be inaccessible to the masses (me in this case.) Some independent installers, like that for mysql, installed in /usr/local, and I presume the thinking is similar. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When Apple declared open season on /usr/local, was it because of the difficulties posed by SIP, or did it precede that?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve had some success installing brew in /opt/homebrew, despite dire warnings not to.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peter</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 15 Feb 2018, at 5:46 am, Ken Cunningham <<a href="mailto:ken.cunningham.webuse@gmail.com" class="">ken.cunningham.webuse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div></blockquote>…</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">In a recent poll <<a href="https://www.slant.co/versus/1588/1674/~macports_vs_homebrew" class="">https://www.slant.co/versus/1588/1674/~macports_vs_homebrew</a>>, homebrew was recommended 375 to 25 over MacPorts.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote>…<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">2. symlinks into /usr/local therefore:<br class=""> a) no adjustments needed to path<br class=""> b) no need for sudo<br class=""> c) third-party apps, libraries, and xcode projects can be downloaded and built or run, and the system looks there by default, so need no modification to build or run. <br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div>\<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 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