The following reply was made to PR pkg/30929; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Chapman Flack <nbgnats@anastigmatix.net>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/30929
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:06:33 -0500

 Last patch got corrupted somehow (www form linewrap?) ... this should work.
 Also removed an unnecessary break I missed the first time--most shells
 ignore it, but pdksh would complain.
 
 --- /tmp/bsd.pkg.mk.orig	2005-08-09 14:32:15.000000000 -0500
 +++ /tmp/bsd.pkg.mk	2005-08-09 14:49:01.000000000 -0500
 @@ -3474,6 +3474,9 @@
  _BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS=	${BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS}
  _BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS+=	${PKG_ARGS_ADD}
  
 +_SHORT_UNAME_R!=	uname -r
 +_SHORT_UNAME_R:=	${_SHORT_UNAME_R:C@\.([0-9])*[_.].*@.\1@} # n.n[_.]anything => n.n
 +
  # Install binary pkg, without strict uptodate-check first
  .PHONY: real-su-bin-install
  real-su-bin-install:
 @@ -3485,27 +3488,19 @@
  		${SHCOMMENT} ${ECHO_MSG} "*** or use \`\`${MAKE} bin-update'' to upgrade it and all of its dependencies."; \
  		exit 1;							\
  	fi
 -	@if [ -f ${PKGFILE} ] ; then 					\
 -		${ECHO_MSG} "Installing from binary pkg ${PKGFILE}" ;	\
 -		${PKG_ADD} ${_BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS} ${PKGFILE} ;		\
 -	else 				 				\
 -		rel=`${UNAME} -r | ${SED} 's@\.\([0-9]*\)[\._].*@\.\1@'`; \
 -		arch=${MACHINE_ARCH}; 					\
 -		for site in ${BINPKG_SITES} ; do 			\
 -			${ECHO} Trying `eval ${ECHO} $$site`/All ; 	\
 -			${SHCOMMENT} ${ECHO} ${SETENV} PKG_PATH="`eval ${ECHO} $$site`/All" ${PKG_ADD} ${_BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS} ${PKGNAME}${PKG_SUFX} ; \
 -			if ${SETENV} PKG_PATH="`eval ${ECHO} $$site`/All" ${PKG_ADD} ${BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS} ${PKGNAME}${PKG_SUFX} ; then \
 -				${ECHO} "${PKGNAME} successfully installed."; \
 -				break ; 				\
 -			fi ; 						\
 -		done ; 							\
 -		if ! ${PKG_INFO} -qe "${PKGNAME}" ; then 		\
 -			${SHCOMMENT} Cycle through some FTP server here ;\
 -			${ECHO_MSG} "Installing from source" ;		\
 -			${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} package 			\
 -				DEPENDS_TARGET=${DEPENDS_TARGET:Q} &&	\
 -			${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} clean ;			\
 -		fi ; \
 +	@rel=${_SHORT_UNAME_R:Q} ; \
 +	arch=${MACHINE_ARCH:Q} ; \
 +	pkgpath=${PKGREPOSITORY:Q} ; \
 +	for i in ${BINPKG_SITES} ; do pkgpath="$$pkgpath;$$i/All" ; done ; \
 +	${ECHO} "Trying $$pkgpath" ; 	\
 +	if ${SETENV} PKG_PATH="$$pkgpath" ${PKG_ADD} ${BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS} ${PKGNAME}${PKG_SUFX} ; then \
 +		${ECHO} ${PKGNAME} successfully installed.; \
 +  	else 				 				\
 +		${SHCOMMENT} Cycle through some FTP server here ;\
 +		${ECHO_MSG} "Installing from source" ;		\
 +		${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} package 			\
 +			DEPENDS_TARGET=${DEPENDS_TARGET:Q} &&	\
 +		${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} clean ;			\
  	fi
  
  .PHONY: bin-install