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 <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
