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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2007 20:25:55 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=)
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))
Message-ID:  <86zm48ziks.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <17988.46905.9205.461424@bhuda.mired.org> (Mike Meyer's message of "Fri\, 11 May 2007 14\:34\:33 -0400")
References:  <200705102105.27271.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> <20070511051852.GA89359@xor.obsecurity.org> <17988.32573.910854.388638@bhuda.mired.org> <200705111011.52212.fcash@ocis.net> <17988.46905.9205.461424@bhuda.mired.org>

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Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> writes:
> Moving the OS into the package system has been on the "todo" list for
> a long time (assuming it's still there - there are people opposed to
> that).

It has *never* been on the todo list.

> How would setting LOCALBASE=3D/usr break this? Of course, equally valid
> is the question "what will break if I set LOCALBASE=3D/usr"? Hmm. I
> think I may found out....

For one, man pages for ports will end up in the wrong place (/usr/man
instead of /usr/share/man).

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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