I recently updated pkgsrc on a 1.5 system and had a chicken and egg
problem.  Basically I needed new pkgtools/pkg_install, but that needed a
new pkgtools/digest, which needed the new pkgtools/pkg_install. :-(
I had to hand edit bsd.pkg.mk to downgrade the required pkg_install so
I could build/install digest.

-Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hubert Feyrer" <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
To: "Greywolf" <greywolf@starwolf.com>
Cc: "BSD Packages" <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>; "BSD Current Users"
<current-users@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: your mail


> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Greywolf wrote:
> > Long form:  "-k is your friend in this case".  RTM.
>
> Our pkg system is designed to work without that, and using "make -k" can
> indeed cause some problems that you maybe don't want. Under that light,
> it's nice it worked for your friend, but I'd rather not recomment it as a
> general rule of thumb if something breaks. Contact us, so we can fix it.
>
>  - Hubert
>
> --
> Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
>
>