pkg/30468: ...pkgsrc/sysutils/gnome-vfs2 cannot build.

[Richard Rauch <rkr%socrates.olib.org@localhost>]

>Number:         30468
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       ...pkgsrc/sysutils/gnome-vfs2 cannot build.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 08 20:07:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Richard Rauch
>Release:        NetBSD 3.99.3
>Organization:
  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about."  http://www.olib.org/~rkr/
>Environment:
System: NetBSD socrates 3.99.3 NetBSD 3.99.3 (socrates) #0: Fri Apr 8 16:13:11 
CDT 2005 
root@socrates:/usr/kernobj/usr/netbsd/current/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/socrates
 amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
        After a recent pkgsrc update (owing to security issues),
        GIMP was deinstalled.  Trying to rebuild and reinstall it
        fails.  The error that I get is:

===> Overriding tools for gnome-vfs2-2.10.1
pkg_info: missing package name(s)
usage: pkg_info [-BbcDdFfhIikLmNnpqRrSsVv] [-e package] [-K pkg_dbdir] [-l 
prefix]
                pkg-name [pkg-name ...]
       pkg_info -a [flags]
       pkg_info -Q variable pkg-name [pkg-name ...]
make: 
"../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk"
 line 325: warning: Couldn't read shell's output for "/usr/sbin/pkg_info -K . 
-qp  | /usr/bin/sed  -e "s,^[^/]*,,;q""
===> Creating toolchain wrappers for gnome-vfs2-2.10.1
Syntax error: expecting "in"
*** Error code 2


        Jeremy C. Reed confirms that he saw the same problem with ggv; see
        http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/06/03/0002.html 
        for his tech-pkg report.

        I'm not sure how many packages this breaks, though it seems
        that some packages still build.

        Jeremy posted a workaround for the ggv package, but I'm not sure
        that it is a general workaround, so I am leaving this in the
        "critical" category.

        Effectively, this breaks the GIMP for me, since the GIMP indirectly
        requires gnome-vfs2.

>How-To-Repeat:
        On my system, try to build gnome-vfs2.  Or on Jeremy's, try to
        rebuild ggv (he just confirmed that the problem is still outstanding
        for him).

>Fix:
        Jeremy's post to tech-package at
        http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/06/03/0002.html
        contains a workaround for his problem.  I haven't tried it,
        since it's not clear which of his steps are really part of the
        workaround (he lists several things that he tried, but doesn't
        say if he undid anything)

        He implies that rebuilding glibc may also fix the problem, but
        I'm loathe to try that as I am not sure how many packages I'd lose
        if I tried to do that and found *more* packages no longer build.