standard locations for port files

[Lee Brown]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:54 PM, <scratch65535 at att.net> wrote:

> [Default] On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:53:27 -0500, Adam Vande More
> <amvandemore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:41 PM, <scratch65535 at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Why wouldn't  logs be in /usr/local/var/...?  Given that all
> >> other port "stuff" is under /usr/local, what advantage is there
> >> in making logs an exception?
> >>
> >
> >Because logs shouldn't be under /usr.
>
> Why not?  The current location wasn't determined by natural law,
> it was just someone's decision, almost certainly made without
> much thought at all.  It could be re-decided just as easily.
>
>
It's in hier(7)

/usr/      contains the majority of user utilities and applications
/var/      multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files


Within local/, the general layout sketched out by hier for /usr should be
used.