The following reply was made to PR pkg/36788; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bernd Ernesti <veego@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/36788 (sysutils/skill: update to 4.1.4, and make this build on linux and freebsd too)
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:10:20 +0100

 On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 04:40:05AM +0000, OBATA Akio wrote:
 >  --On 2007/10/27 20:34 +0300 Yakovetsky Vladimir <yx@x.ua> wrote:
 >  
 >  > 	1) typo in sysutils/skill/Makefile - s/OPSYS=/OSTYPE=/
 >  
 >  Fixed.  Thanks!
 >  
 >  > 	2) incorrect patch-ac for linux `patch' tool:
 >  
 >  > 	fix: use original patch-ac
 >  
 >  It is necessary to use the patch made with 'mkpatches' tools
 >  in pkgtools/pkgdiff to facilitate maintaining.
 
 IMHO mkpatches is broken, because the functions names in the line
 numbers cause problems with some patch programs. I think it was MacOS
 where it breaks.
 
 Bernd