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>  > `/Volumes/NetBSD/pkg/man/man1/ncftpls.1'
>
>Did you verify the files were actually installed into the right
>location? because pkg_create doesn't seem to think so...

Yes I did check that out.  The man pages are in pkg/share/man/man1.

>  > As you can see, the install of ncftp3 ran into trouble when
>>  pkg_create went to stat the man files for ncftp3.  Is this related to
>>  $LOCALBASE being set to a non-standard installation or something
>>  else?  I successfully built and installed ncftp3 on a NetBSD 1.6 box
>>  at the same time.  Why is there a difference in the two builds?
>
>Some packages can and do behave differently based on what OS they are
>being built on (or for). Sometimes they need special handling to
>ensure this does not cause problems. From the look of what you've
>posted, though, I don't think that's the problem in this case.
>
>grant.

I do notice that the PLIST for ncftp lists the man pages under 
man/man1 so I assume that the PLIST is ok?
-- 
Randy

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