/usr/local question

[Glenn English]

On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Jan Stary wrote:

> Q: "So given that macports uses /opt/local as its prefix,
> I can use /usr/local freely without worying about interference?"
> 
> A: No, not really. (etc)

I'd really like to see an expansion of that "etc". 

I use Linux extensively for my servers and Macs when I'm trying to be a human. /usr/local has been around for quite a while in the *nix world (it's even in the default $PATH), and I use it a little on the Macs. I can't think of what the problem is -- (seems to) work fine here :-)

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Glenn English