The following reply was made to PR pkg/32492; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Paavo Parkkinen <pparkkin@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg/32492: textproc/p5-XML-Parser build fails in pkgsrc-2005Q4
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:02:42 +0200

 On 1/12/06, Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@xtrmntr.org> wrote:
 >  this, unfortunately is no solution.  it's a very dirty workaround at
 >  best.  i don't know why your system seems to behave differently and the
 >  link is not created, though.
 
 Maybe my choice of words wasn't correct. It was a 'workaround' and not
 a 'fix'. :)
 
 >  can you post your .work.log too (as asked by the pkgsrc infrastructure)?
 
 This is the log for a successful build, after my fix. I'm not sure if
 it will be of any help, but here it is.
 
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.wrapper/bin/cc -c
 -I/usr/pkg/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/pkg/include -O2
 -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/pkg/include -DVERSION=3D"2.34"
 -DXS_VERSION=3D"2.34" -DPIC -fPIC
 -I/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE Expat.c
     (wrapper.sh) append args:
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (arg-source) push: -c
     (arg-source) push: -I/usr/pkg/include
     (arg-source) push: -fno-strict-aliasing
     (arg-source) push: -pipe
     (arg-source) push: -I/usr/pkg/include
     (arg-source) push: -O2
     (arg-source) push: -I/usr/pkg/include
     (arg-source) push: -I/usr/pkg/include
     (arg-source) push: -DVERSION=3D"2.34"
     (arg-source) push: -DXS_VERSION=3D"2.34"
     (arg-source) push: -DPIC
     (arg-source) push: -fPIC
     (arg-source) push: -I/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/=
 CORE
     (arg-source) push: Expat.c
     (arg-source) push:
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include
     (arg-source) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink=
 /lib
     (logic) pop:  -c
     (logic) to:   -c
     (logic) push: -c
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkg/include
     (logic) to:   -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) push: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) pop:  -fno-strict-aliasing
     (logic) to:   -fno-strict-aliasing
     (logic) push: -fno-strict-aliasing
     (logic) pop:  -pipe
     (logic) to:   -pipe
     (logic) push: -pipe
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkg/include
     (logic) to: =20
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include [cached]
     (logic) push: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) pop:  -O2
     (logic) to:   -O2
     (logic) push: -O2
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkg/include
     (logic) to: =20
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include [cached]
     (logic) push: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkg/include
     (logic) to: =20
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include [cached]
     (logic) push: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) pop:  -DVERSION=3D"2.34"
     (logic) to:   -DVERSION=3D"2.34"
     (logic) push: -DVERSION=3D"2.34"
     (logic) pop:  -DXS_VERSION=3D"2.34"
     (logic) to:   -DXS_VERSION=3D"2.34"
     (logic) push: -DXS_VERSION=3D"2.34"
     (logic) pop:  -DPIC
     (logic) to:   -DPIC
     (logic) push: -DPIC
     (logic) pop:  -fPIC
     (logic) to:   -fPIC
     (logic) push: -fPIC
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (logic) to: =20
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (logic) push:
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (logic) pop:  Expat.c
     (logic) to:   Expat.c [untransformed]
     (logic) push: Expat.c
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) to:   -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) push: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) pop:  -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) to:   -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (cmd-sink) pop: -c
     (cmd-sink) pop: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/in=
 clude
     (cmd-sink) pop: -fno-strict-aliasing
     (cmd-sink) pop: -pipe
     (cmd-sink) pop: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/in=
 clude
     (cmd-sink) pop: -O2
     (cmd-sink) pop: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/in=
 clude
     (cmd-sink) pop: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/in=
 clude
     (cmd-sink) pop: -DVERSION=3D"2.34"
     (cmd-sink) pop: -DXS_VERSION=3D"2.34"
     (cmd-sink) pop: -DPIC
     (cmd-sink) pop: -fPIC
     (cmd-sink) pop:
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (cmd-sink) pop: Expat.c
     (cmd-sink) pop: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/in=
 clude
     (cmd-sink) pop: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/li=
 b
 <.> /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.gcc/bin/gcc -c
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include
 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -O2 -DVERSION=3D\"2.34\"
 -DXS_VERSION=3D\"2.34\" -DPIC -fPIC
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
 Expat.c -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.wrapper/bin/cc
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -pthread --whole-archive -shared -L/usr/pkg/lib
 Expat.o -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -o
 ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so -L/usr/pkg/lib -lexpat
 -L/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE -lperl
     (wrapper.sh) append args:
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (arg-source) push: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (arg-source) push: -pthread
     (arg-source) push: --whole-archive
     (arg-source) push: -shared
     (arg-source) push: -L/usr/pkg/lib
     (arg-source) push: Expat.o
     (arg-source) push: -L/usr/pkg/lib
     (arg-source) push: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (arg-source) push: -o
     (arg-source) push: ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so
     (arg-source) push: -L/usr/pkg/lib
     (arg-source) push: -lexpat
     (arg-source) push: -L/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/=
 CORE
     (arg-source) push:
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (arg-source) push:
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (arg-source) push: -lperl
     (arg-source) push:
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include
     (arg-source) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink=
 /lib
     (logic) pop:  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) to:   -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) push: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) pop:  -pthread
     (logic) to:   -pthread
     (logic) push: -pthread
     (logic) pop:  --whole-archive
     (logic) to:   --whole-archive
     (logic) push: --whole-archive
     (logic) pop:  -shared
     (logic) to:   -shared
     (logic) push: -shared
     (logic) pop:  -L/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) to:   -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) pop:  Expat.o
     (logic) to:   Expat.o [untransformed]
     (logic) push: Expat.o
     (logic) pop:  -L/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) to: =20
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib [cached]
     (logic) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) pop:  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) to:   -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib [cached]
     (logic) push: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) pop:  -o
     (logic) to:   -o
     (logic) push: -o
     (logic) pop:  ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so
     (logic) push: ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so [skipped]
     (logic) pop:  -L/usr/pkg/lib
     (logic) to: =20
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib [cached]
     (logic) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) pop:  -lexpat
     (logic) to:   -lexpat
     (logic) push: -lexpat [split]
     (logic) pop:  -L/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (logic) to: =20
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (logic) push:
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (logic) pop:  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/C=
 ORE
     (logic) to:   -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/C=
 ORE
     (logic) push: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/C=
 ORE
     (logic) pop:  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/C=
 ORE
     (logic) to: =20
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE [cached]
     (logic) push: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/C=
 ORE
     (logic) pop:  -lperl
     (logic) to:   -lperl
     (logic) push: -lperl [split]
     (logic) pop:  -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) to: =20
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include [cached]
     (logic) push: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/incl=
 ude
     (logic) pop:  -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (logic) to: =20
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib [cached]
     (logic) push: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib
     (cmd-sink) pop: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (cmd-sink) pop: -pthread
     (cmd-sink) pop: --whole-archive
     (cmd-sink) pop: -shared
     (cmd-sink) pop: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/li=
 b
     (cmd-sink) pop: Expat.o
     (cmd-sink) pop: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/li=
 b
     (cmd-sink) pop: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib
     (cmd-sink) pop: -o
     (cmd-sink) pop: ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so
     (cmd-sink) pop: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/li=
 b
     (cmd-sink) pop: -lexpat
     (cmd-sink) pop:
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
     (cmd-sink) pop: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi=
 /CORE
     (cmd-sink) pop: -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi=
 /CORE
     (cmd-sink) pop: -lperl
     (cmd-sink) pop: -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/in=
 clude
     (cmd-sink) pop: -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/li=
 b
 <.> /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.gcc/bin/gcc
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -pthread --whole-archive -shared
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib Expat.o -o
 ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so
 -L/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-n=
 etbsd-thread-multi/CORE
 -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
 -I/usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.buildlink/include -lexpat
 -lperl
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/true
 <.> true
 [*] /usr/pkgsrc/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/work/.tools/bin/echo Appending
 installation info to
 /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
 <.> echo  Appending installation info to
 /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
 
 Paavo