Error message and stop every time a dependency is built

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost>]

When I build a package in NetBSD 4.0.1, installed on 4 GB USB stick, using 
pkgsrc installed on my hard-disk installation of NetBSD 5.1_STABLE, I get a 
strange error message and stop every time a dependency is built.

I get around this by going into the pkgsrc package's directory 

cd ../../(category)/(package-base-name)

and typing "make install", then going back to the main package directory and 
again typing

make 2>&1 | tee -a build401.log

and by as many steps as there are dependencies, finally get the main package 
built and installed.

Typical error message is


warning: /lin1/usr/pkgsrc/devel/pkg-config: group-writable directory.
warning: /lin1/usr/pkgsrc/devel: group-writable directory.
warning: /lin1/usr/pkgsrc: group-writable directory.
0 errors and 3 warnings.
=> Checking for missing run-time search paths in pkg-config-0.25nb1
=> Checking for work-directory references in pkg-config-0.25nb1
===> Building binary package for pkg-config-0.25nb1
=> Creating binary package /usr/pkgsrc/packages/All/pkg-config-0.25nb1.tgz
ERROR: [depends.mk] A package matching ``pkg-config>=0.19'' should
ERROR:     be installed, but one cannot be found.  Perhaps there is a
ERROR:     stale work directory for ../../devel/pkg-config?
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /lin1/usr/pkgsrc/www/links-gui
(end)

and so on for every dependency.

I don't think this has yet happened while building packages in NetBSD 
5.1_STABLE installation, but maybe I say this too soon.

Then I typed

cd ../../devel/pkg-config
make install
cd ../../www/links-gui
make 2>&1 | tee -a build401.log

and so on, one by one through each dependency package, and I was finally 
successful building www/links-gui.


my /etc/mk.conf on USB stick with NetBSD 4.0.1 is


# Example /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf file produced by bootstrap-pkgsrc
# Sat Nov 27 22:37:13 UTC 2010

.ifdef BSD_PKG_MK       # begin pkgsrc settings

PACKAGES= /usr/pkgsrc/packages
PKG_DEVELOPER=YES
PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS+= ssl inet6
PKG_DBDIR=              /var/db/pkg
LOCALBASE=              /usr/pkg
VARBASE=                /var
PKG_TOOLS_BIN=          /usr/pkg/sbin
PKGMANDIR=              man
WRKDIR_BASENAME=        work401
WRKOBJDIR=              /lin1/usr/pkgsrc
PKG_OPTIONS.msmtp+= idn 
PKG_OPTIONS.lynx+= ncurses 
ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= socks5-license
ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES=yes
DEPENDS_TARGET=package
SKIP_LICENSE_CHECK=    yes

.endif                  # end pkgsrc settings
 
(end)

When I am in NetBSD 4.0.1 on USB stick, I use /lin1 as mount point for NetBSD 
5.1_STABLE partition on hard disk.

Pkgsrc and make can't find the just-built package right under its nose?

I save built packages for NetBSD 4.0.1 on the USB stick.

That SKIP_LICENSE_CHECK line was necessary because of repeated error messages 
that the license could not be determined or evaluated.

I haven't yet had the problem of pkgsrc and make not being able to find a 
just-built dependency right under its nose, but maybe I talk too soon?


Tom