/usr/local question

[Saiwing Yeung]

On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:16, Saiwing Yeung wrote:
> 
>> oh... I didn't know that. I just took a look in my /usr/local, and found a whole bunch of stuff for texlive, and then various programs that I remember installing.
>> 
>> is there a recommended place for me to put these programs?
> 
> Any other place on the hard drive that doesn't already have a defined meaning. So any prefix other than /, /usr, /usr/local, /opt/local or /sw should be fine. 

Thanks!

In addition, I agree with Jan Stary that it would be nice to amend the #defaultprefix: section in the FAQ. If possible, it would also be nice to also add this to the "A port fails to build. What should I do?" section in the FAQ, as the section title of #defaultprefix is "Why is /opt/local the default install location for MacPorts?" and if a port fails to build for me, I probably wouldn't realize that pertinent information is in that section.