/usr/local question

[Chris Jones]

Hi,

> Yes, I understand this. What I don't understand is how
> having /opt/local as a prefix makes this better than
> having /usr/local (or whatever else).

Its just statistics. /usr/local is a relatively common place for third party applications to dump stuff, so usin git you are likely to conflict, sooner or later. /opt/local is much less likely, whilst still being not being a totally wacky location...

MacPorts does provide a means to set its installation root, so if *you* really want to use /usr/local you can. Similarly you could use /opt/I/bet/no/one/will/ever/find/this/ to be completely safe …

MacPorts devs only fully support /opt/local, as that is what they recommend and the vast majority of people use, so is most tested.

Chris
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