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Subject: Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))
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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).

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