i think this was fixed by a recent (yesterday i think) commit to
bsd.pkg.mk by jlam@netbsd.org


On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:40:06AM +0900, netb@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp wrote:
> > 
> > >Number:         13550
> > >Category:       pkg
> > >Synopsis:       pkgsrc/japanese/sed build fails because of failed gmake-3.79.1
> > >Confidential:   no
> > >Severity:       serious
> > >Priority:       medium
> > >Responsible:    pkg-manager
> > >State:          open
> > >Class:          sw-bug
> > >Submitter-Id:   net
> > >Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 24 18:35:00 PDT 2001
> > >Closed-Date:
> > >Last-Modified:
> > >Originator:     Henry Nelson onPC750
> > >Release:        NetBSD 1.5.1
> > >Organization:
> > 	
> > >Environment:
> > 	
> > System: NetBSD nefw 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (PCKERN) #2: Mon Jul 23 13:49:04 JST 2001 root@junk:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PCKERN i386
> > >Description:
> > 	
> > While trying to install pkgsrc/japanese/sed, the build failed with the
> > following error message:
> > ===> Patching for gmake-3.79.1
> > ===> Applying NetBSD patches for gmake-3.79.1
> > ===> Configuring for gmake-3.79.1
> > Linking gettext files into /usr/local/src/work/devel/gmake/work/.buildlink.
> > creating cache ./config.cache
> > checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> > checking for working aclocal... missing
> > checking for working autoconf... missing
> > checking for working automake... missing
> > checking for working autoheader... missing
> > checking for working makeinfo... found
> > checking host system type... i386--netbsd
> > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
> > checking for gcc... cc
> > checking whether the C compiler (cc -I/usr/local/src/work/devel/gmake/work/.buil
> > dlink/include -O2 -L/usr/local/src/work/devel/gmake/work/.buildlink/lib  -Wl,-R/
> > usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib) works... no
> > configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot creat
> > e executables.
> 
> Please check config.log in the work directory to see why gcc failed.
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> --
>