The following reply was made to PR pkg/36563; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "OBATA Akio" <obache@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/36563 (Cannot bootstrap pkgsrc on AIX 5.3 (circular dependency w/ patch and digest))
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:39:57 +0900

 On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:15:05 +0900, Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.=
 edu> wrote:
 
 >  =3D=3D=3D> running: (cd /usr/pkgsrc/lang/nawk && /usr/pkg/bin/bmake
 >  -DPKG_PRESERVE MAKECONF=3D/tmp/pkgbootstrap/mk.conf.example
 >  WRKOBJDIR=3D/tmp/pkgbootstrap/pkgsrc  bootstrap-register)
 >  ERROR: [resolve-dependencies] A package matching ``gcc>=3D2.95.3nb7''=
  should
 >  ERROR:     be installed, but one cannot be found.  Perhaps there is a=
 
 >  ERROR:     stale work directory for ../../lang/gcc?
 >  *** Error code 1
 > Stop.
 >  bmake: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/lang/nawk
 >  =3D=3D=3D> exited with status 1
 
 How about your LANG, LC_ALL or locale realated environment?
 If you set "C" to those, dose it succeed?
 
 My Interix box also failed for same reason.
 If set LANG=3DC (default is LANG=3Dja), succeed to bootstrap.
 
 We may reset locale related environment to "C" in bootstrap script.
 
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 OBATA Akio / obache@NetBSD.org