Is the base set of packages everything, or not?

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:00:41 UTC
I'm slightly confused.


<https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/72924ce99c7f177db486bd2764a76bcf25892a17/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/pkgbase.in#L76-L87> 
line 82,

base is the complete base system.


<https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/561dc357c2f5892af3aa481a1020860b7ff473e0>, 


> … by default select "base", "kernel-dbg" and any libcompat sets (e.g., 
> lib32) if they're available. …

Are kernel-dbg and the libcompat sets additional to, or included within, 
base (the complete base system)?