running macports along with homebrew

[Peter West]

One of the reasons I prefer MacPorts is that it does NOT install in /usr/local.

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. 

When Apple declared open season on /usr/local, was it because of the difficulties posed by SIP, or did it precede that?

I’ve had some success installing brew in /opt/homebrew, despite dire warnings not to.

Peter

> On 15 Feb 2018, at 5:46 am, Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com <mailto:ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com>> wrote:
…

> In a recent poll <https://www.slant.co/versus/1588/1674/~macports_vs_homebrew <https://www.slant.co/versus/1588/1674/~macports_vs_homebrew>>, homebrew was recommended 375 to 25 over MacPorts.
…
> 2. symlinks into /usr/local therefore:
>    a) no adjustments needed to path
>    b) no need for sudo
>    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. 
\

--
Peter West
pbw at pbw.id.au <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au>
“This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/attachments/20180215/9a4bb05d/attachment.html>