No, MacPorts is actually more sane in this regard because it build it's own set of dependencies instead of relying on anything the system provides. This makes it a more soundly designed tool, IMO.
Homebrew also recommends using /usr/local as the root which I think is just plain bad advice, but it is simple enough to change it to something else.
Homebrew also recommends using /usr/local as the root which I think is just plain bad advice, but it is simple enough to change it to something else.