The following reply was made to PR pkg/35210; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov@tut.by>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: pkg-manager@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@NetBSD.org,
	pkgsrc-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: pkg/35210: graphics/netpbm cannot be built under Interix-3.5
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:12:03 +0200

  >>  >  What does upstream they about this? I think it is reasonable, but it
  >>  >  might be better to talk with the authors first. Infact, doing a real
  >>  >  configure check would be a better idea.
 
  >>  If I were upstream, I could tell "our software is correct, talk
  >>  to microsoft", but this is loooong way. I'll notify png upstream
  >>  maintainers anyway.
 
 >  I meant using --version-script when it is not supported.  That
 >  doesn't really sound like a png problem.
 1)
    a) MS's problem is that 'ld --help' lists not supported options.
    b) ld --version-script crashed somewhere internally,
       but ld's exit code is zero.
 2) png's problem
    'ld --help' is too weak test for --version-script.
 
 MS's problems are more serious, of course.
 
 >  Or am I misunderstanding your problem?
 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1611756&group_id=106175&atid=643452
 
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 Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.