/usr/local question

Jeremy Lavergne jeremy at lavergne.gotdns.org
Tue Apr 3 17:57:00 PDT 2012


> Since MacPorts is not compatible with /usr/local, every time I install/update
> ports I had to
> 
> sudo mv /usr/local /usr/local.bak
> 
> and then after I am done building macports stuff I would move it back. This
> works fine but is kind of cumbersome and sometimes the moved /usr/local
> directory triggers a lot of mdutil activities. What do people do to automate
> this, or to make the process easier? Thanks!

One of the first things I do on a new system is disable Spotlight. That being said, you should be able to tell Spotlight not to scan /usr

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