>  I untarred another copy of pkgsrc, rebooted, and fsck was OK.  I
> repeated that again, and again fsck was OK.

I tried recently, but I'll happily try again. You said that was 2.0E, yes? 
How long ago was 2.0E? I'm running 2.0 from the 2.0 branch, not current, 
and if it's fixed in current, then I'll just need to find what's changed.

Thanks!

John Klos