I had the same problems whilst installating packages on a new system. My 
work around was to install xproto and xextproto manually using the pkgsrc 
framework and returning to the packages that previously failed.

cheerio Berndt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jukka Salmi" <j+nbsd@2006.salmi.ch>
To: <pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org>
Sent: Saturday, 08 July, 2006 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: xextproto is not installed; can't buildlink files


> Jukka Salmi --> pkgsrc-users (2006-07-06 22:07:19 +0200):
>> Hello,
>>
>> using HEAD pkgsrc on a -current NetBSD/i386 system, building several
>> packages like www/firefox and graphics/hicolor-icon-theme currently
>> fails with
>>
>> ===> wrapper-message [...] ===> Creating toolchain wrappers for [...]
>> ERROR: xextproto is not installed; can't buildlink files.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Is anybody else seeing this? What could cause this problem?
>
> Installing x11/xextproto and trying again resulted in
>
>> Creating toolchain wrappers for hicolor-icon-theme-0.9nb1
> ERROR: xproto is not installed; can't buildlink files.
> *** Error code 1
>
> and after installing x11/xproto I was able to build the packages which
> failed before. So, is there a missing dependency? Should I send a PR?
>
>
> Cheers, Jukka
>
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