> Is there an easier way? The way I use is *extremely* long-winded.

You can use sup.  See ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/README.sup

Don't forget to use the option which tells it to delete files which
once were but are no longer present on the server; without that,
packages often appear to break after the base software is updated to a
new version and a patch is deleted..

				- Bill