The following reply was made to PR pkg/34780; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/34780: comms/xisp does not install if DIALER_GROUP is undefined 
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:05:35 +0700

     Date:        Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:45:02 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
     Message-ID:  <20061011144502.57C6263BC72@narn.NetBSD.org>
 
   |  I forgot to commit the update for pkgsrc/mk/defaults/mk.conf.
   |  I now just committed it. (This was in my PR 19566 from 2002.)
 
 OK, thanks.
 
   |  I didn't add any check for this as I don't recall other packages
   |  doing that.
 
 If there's a default value, there is no need, as getting it undefined
 then takes real work, and anyone willing and able to do that can
 presumably clean up their own messes.
 
 The "check for set" stuff would only be for the case where the user
 is required to define the value themselves (perhaps if there were
 no good way to automate a default value that made sense).
 
 kre