> Thank you. /usr/local always seems iffy to me, but this is after years in linux
> making sure to make packages to install any software via package manager. The
> thing I liked about macport's /opt, which is actually something of a standard for
> non-pacakge-managed software in linux, is that it's relatively encapsulated
> away from the rest of the directory structure. But as long as it does a reasonable
> job of uninstalling everything in a package it should be fine.



Does Homebrew require XCode?  If so then speed of package installs is
insignificant by comparison.

If not then I'll give it a try-- that would reduce the total time to build from 1 day to
something less obnoxious.

-Jonathan