/usr/local question

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 4, 2012, at 00:44, Jan Stary wrote:

> On Apr 03 17:54:05, saiwingy wrote:
>> 
>> Since MacPorts is not compatible with /usr/local, every time I install/update
>> ports I had to
>> 
>> sudo mv /usr/local /usr/local.bak
> 
> Why would you move /usr/local?
> Macports live under /opt/local by default
> and have nothing to do with /usr/local.

Having things installed in /usr/local often interferes with MacPorts, so we do not support users using MacPorts while there are things in /usr/local, and suggest users move or remove /usr/local.