The following reply was made to PR pkg/35493; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/35493: make fetch fails for packages without distinfo files if FAILOVER_FETCH is set
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:38:11 +0100

 On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 08:15:01PM +0000, rosenfeld@grumpf.hope-2000.org wrote:
 > For packages (like wm/wmthemes) that have no distinfo files, make fetch
 > fails with "fetch: ``-c'' requires ``-f distinfo''." if FAILOVER_FETCH
 > is used.
 
 Packages without checksums should be removed, IMO. This specific example
 is esp. wrong, as the default set should get checksums e.g. for bulk
 builds and only if alternative themes are specified should the
 checksumming be disabled. It might be even an idea to include it even
 then.
 
 Joerg