> I downloaded pkgsrc.tar.gz from netbsd.org, rm -rf /usr/pkgsrc, then
> untarred the archive.  I got /pkg subdirectories in most if not all
> packages.  It is empty except for some CVS stuff.  I thought I did
> something wrong, but I can't think of what that would have been...
> This was on 11/4.

pkgsrc.tar.gz is simplay a snaphost of Pkgsrc tree, and you may have
got one in a transition removing pkg/ directories' contents. Today's
one should be okay (the transition has already finished), so please
download a pkgsrc.tar.gz again.

Regards,
Masao