The following reply was made to PR pkg/32635; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Leonard Schmidt <lems@gmx.net>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: tonio@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg/32635: Update sysutils/9base to version 2 (with patch) 
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:21:36 +0100

 Hi,
 
 Antoine Reilles <tonio@NetBSD.org> wrote:
 >  I'm wondering if it is possible to install all 9base commands outside
 >  $prefix/bin .
 [...]
 >  For instance, in linux mandrake, they are installed in $prefix/9/bin,
 >  while in debian, they are in /usr/lib/9base/bin
 
 this means renaming the PREFIX variable in config.mk to something
 different, no (because of recursion)?  This would mean changing it
 in all the other makefiles, too.  Is there any other way?
 
 
 Cheers
 
 Leonard
 
 P.S. I'm away until tuesday, so I am not able to answer mails during
 that time.