> 
> If you have a problem with building pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/gnome/ then please 
> check to see what specific package is having the problem. (That meta 
> package pulls in real packages.) Then we can try to track down the problem 
> with it.
> 

OK.

> You may want to do a "make clean-depends clean" first and then record the 
> last ten or so lines from the output of when you run "make".

I think this solved part of the problem. Now it ends with another 
problem and I'd like your advise on it. It ends with:

===> Installing for libxml2-2.6.24nb1
===> libxml2-2.6.23nb1 is already installed - perhaps an older version?
*** If so, you may use either of:
***  - "pkg_delete libxml2-2.6.23nb1" and "/usr/bin/make reinstall" to 
upgrade properly
***  - "/usr/bin/make update" to rebuild the package and all of its 
dependencies
***  - "/

When this happens I usually do pkg_delete and start over. Is this indeed 
the right way?