The following reply was made to PR pkg/34139; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sergey Svishchev <svs+pr@grep.ru>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/34139
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:59:48 +0300

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 For some reason, bsd.bulk-pkg.mk does not pass MAKEFLAGS (and thus
 _PATH_ORIG) to sub-makes, so this bug is still open for bulk builds.
 
 -- 
 Sergey Svishchev
 
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 --- mk/bulk/bsd.bulk-pkg.mk	24 Jan 2007 01:37:20 -0000	1.134
 +++ mk/bulk/bsd.bulk-pkg.mk	12 Feb 2007 20:23:27 -0000
 @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
  bulk-cache:
  	@${BULK_MSG} "Installing BULK_PREREQ packages"
  .for __prereq in ${BULK_PREREQ} lang/perl5
 -	cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/${__prereq} && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} bulk-install
 +	cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/${__prereq} && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} bulk-install
  .endfor
  	${RM} -f ${BULK_DBFILE}
  	${TOUCH} ${BULK_DBFILE}
 @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
  			done ;\
  		fi; \
  		${BULK_MSG} "Bulk building ${PKGNAME}" ; \
 -		${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} clean;\
 +		${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} clean;\
  		if [ "${PRECLEAN}" = "yes" ]; then \
  			${BULK_MSG} "Currently installed packages:"; \
  			${PKG_INFO} -e "*" | ${SED} -e "s,^,* ,"; \
 @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
  			${DO}       ${RM} -f ${_INTERACTIVE_COOKIE} ; \
  		fi ;\
  		${ECHO_MSG} ${MAKE} package '(${PKGNAME})' 2>&1 ; \
 -		${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} package; \
 +		${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} package; \
  		) 2>&1 | ${TEE} -a ${_BUILDLOG:Q} ; \
  		if [ -f ${PKGFILE} ]; then \
  			case ${KEEP_BUILDLOGS} in			\
 @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
  			${BULK_MSG} "${PKGNAME} was marked as broken:" ; \
  			${LS} -la ${_BROKENFILE:Q} ; \
  			${ECHO_MSG} ${MAKE} deinstall ; \
 -			${DO}       ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} deinstall ; \
 +			${DO}       ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} deinstall ; \
  			${ECHO} "</pre>" >> ${_BROKENFILE:Q}; \
  			nbrokenby=0;\
  			if [ "${USE_BULK_CACHE}" = "yes" ]; then \
 @@ -487,15 +487,15 @@
  						${ECHO} "<li>$$pkgname ($$pkgdir)</li>";\
  						pkgerr='-1'; pkgignore=''; pkgskip=''; \
  						if [ "${USE_BULK_BROKEN_CHECK}" = 'yes' ]; then \
 -							pkgignore=`(cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/$$pkgdir && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} show-var VARNAME=PKG_FAIL_REASON)`; \
 -							pkgskip=`(cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/$$pkgdir && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} show-var VARNAME=PKG_SKIP_REASON)`; \
 +							pkgignore=`(cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/$$pkgdir && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} show-var VARNAME=PKG_FAIL_REASON)`; \
 +							pkgskip=`(cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/$$pkgdir && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} show-var VARNAME=PKG_SKIP_REASON)`; \
  						fi; \
  						if [ ! -z "$${pkgignore}$${pkgskip}" -a ! -f "$${pkg_brokenfile}" ]; then \
  							{ ${BULK_MSG} "$$pkgname ($$pkgdir) may not be packaged because:"; \
  							  ${BULK_MSG} "$$pkgignore"; \
  							  ${BULK_MSG} "$$pkgskip"; \
  							} >> "$${pkg_brokenfile}"; \
 -							if [ "${USE_BULK_BROKEN_CHECK}" != 'yes' ] || [ -z "`(cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/$$pkgdir && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} show-var VARNAME=BROKEN)`" ]; then \
 +							if [ "${USE_BULK_BROKEN_CHECK}" != 'yes' ] || [ -z "`(cd ${PKGSRCDIR}/$$pkgdir && ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} show-var VARNAME=BROKEN)`" ]; then \
  								pkgerr="0"; \
  							else \
  								pkgerr="1"; \
 @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
  		fi;							\
  		case ${_PRESERVE_WRKDIR} in				\
  		yes|YES)	;;					\
 -		*)	${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} clean;;			\
 +		*)	${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} clean;;			\
  		esac;							\
  	fi
  	@if [ ! -f ${PKGFILE} ]; then \
 @@ -563,16 +563,16 @@
  # been modified and need rebuilding.
  .PHONY: bulk-install
  bulk-install:
 -	@if [ `${RECURSIVE_MAKE} bulk-check-uptodate REF=${PKGFILE}` = 1 ]; then \
 +	@if [ `${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} bulk-check-uptodate REF=${PKGFILE}` = 1 ]; then \
  		if ${PKG_INFO} -qe ${PKGNAME} ; then :; \
  		else \
 -			${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} install-depends ; \
 +			${DO} ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} install-depends ; \
  			${BULK_MSG} ${PKG_ADD} ${PKG_ARGS_ADD} ${PKGFILE} ; \
  			${DO} ${PKG_ADD} ${PKG_ARGS_ADD} ${PKGFILE} ; \
  		fi ; \
  	else \
  		${ECHO_MSG} ${MAKE} bulk-package PRECLEAN=no; \
 -		${DO}       ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} bulk-package PRECLEAN=no; \
 +		${DO}       ${RECURSIVE_MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} bulk-package PRECLEAN=no; \
  	fi
  
  bulk-info: .PHONY
 
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