Re: -current's usr.bin/make problems with pkgsrc

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

On Jun 3,  1:26pm, John Nemeth wrote:
} On Jun 3, 12:54pm, David Laight wrote:
} } On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:07:13PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
} } > On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:07:36 +0000
} } > Felix Resch <fuller%droog.sdf-eu.org@localhost> wrote:
} } > 
} } > > i also ran into this today, and it cost me about 2h.
} } > > 
} } > > this has also been discussed here
} } > > http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=netbsd-current-users&a=2008-12&t=9412403
} } > > 
} } > > i 'fixed' the problem by using an old make
} } > > but i seriously would see like to see someone undo this change as it
} } > > seems to break stuff.
} } > > 
} } > Yes.  It's also dissuading me from upgrading some of my machines,
} } > because I know that pkgsrc won't work reliably for me if I do.
} } 
} } I believe all the reported fallout is now fixed.
} 
}      I'm still seeing when running pkg_chk.  Details to come later...

     pkg_chk -uq is doing bad things.  Here's an example of a problem
(first cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/epiphany):

P4-3679GHz: {30} make show-var VARNAME=PKGNAME
make: Unclosed variable specification for
make: Unclosed variable specification for
make: Unclosed variable specification for
make: Unclosed variable specification for
epiphany-2.24.2.1nb2

}-- End of excerpt from John Nemeth