Klaus Heinz <heinz@NetBSD.org> writes:

> Using crle/ldconfig/LD_LIBRARY_PATH makes matters worse IMO.

Right and that was the problem in this case. I had some vendor software
installes which mangled around with LD_LIBRARY_PATH. /usr/pkg/lib was
missing so /usr/lib was used. As I unset the LD_LIBRARY_PATH everything
worked as expected.

(to myself: write a note, it's not always you..)