pkg/38213: suspect pkg_install is broken

[bharder <bharder%methodlogic.net@localhost>]

>Number:         38213
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       I suspect pkg_install is broken, due to similar failures of 
>other pkgs after pkg_install updated.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 10 15:55:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     bharder <bharder%methodlogic.net@localhost>
>Release:        NetBSD 4.0_STABLE
>Organization:
Method Digital Logic http://www.methodlogic.net
>Environment:
System: NetBSD manchester.methodlogic.net 4.0_STABLE NetBSD 4.0_STABLE 
(manchester) #21: Fri Feb 29 13:03:30 PST 2008 
root%manchester.methodlogic.net@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/manchester
 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
        after updating pkgsrc -current and upgrading a few packages that were 
updated today, packages that I try to update since updating pkg_install have 
failed in similar ways, so I'm suspecting something higher up the toolchain 
(ie: pkg_install). I tested with a "make update" of a package that did _not_ 
require updating (ie: installed fine last time, and hadn't changed since last 
install), and it too failed in same way. For example:

        in pkgsrc/x11/ico:

# nice make update
=> Bootstrap dependency digest>=20010302: found digest-20070803
=> Checksum SHA1 OK for ico-1.0.2.tar.bz2
=> Checksum RMD160 OK for ico-1.0.2.tar.bz2
===> Installing dependencies for ico-1.0.2
=> Build dependency pkg-config>=0.19: found pkg-config-0.23
=> Build dependency kbproto>=1.0.2: found kbproto-1.0.3
=> Build dependency xproto>=7.0.9: found xproto-7.0.12
=> Full dependency libX11>=1.1: found libX11-1.1.3
pkg_info: Entry CVS in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: Entry work in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: can't find package `libX11-1.1.3'
make: 
"../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk"
 line 310: warning: Couldn't read shell's output for "true Computing 
BUILDLINK_PREFIX.libX11;                         /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info -K . 
-qp libX11-1.1.3 |  /usr/bin/sed  -e "s,^[^/]*,,;q""
pkg_info: Entry CVS in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: Entry work in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: can't find package `kbproto-1.0.3'
make: 
"../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk"
 line 310: warning: Couldn't read shell's output for "true Computing 
BUILDLINK_PREFIX.kbproto;                        /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info -K . 
-qp kbproto-1.0.3 |         /usr/bin/sed  -e "s,^[^/]*,,;q""
pkg_info: Entry CVS in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: Entry work in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: can't find package `libXau-1.0.3'
make: 
"../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk"
 line 310: warning: Couldn't read shell's output for "true Computing 
BUILDLINK_PREFIX.libXau;                         /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info -K . 
-qp libXau-1.0.3 |  /usr/bin/sed  -e "s,^[^/]*,,;q""
pkg_info: Entry CVS in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: Entry work in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: can't find package `libXdmcp-1.0.2'
make: 
"../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk"
 line 310: warning: Couldn't
 read shell's output for "true Computing BUILDLINK_PREFIX.libXdmcp;             
          /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info -K . -qp libXd mcp-1.0.2 |        /usr/bin/sed 
 -e "s,^[^/]*,,;q""
pkg_info: Entry CVS in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: Entry work in pkgdb is not a valid package name
pkg_info: can't find package `xproto-7.0.12'
make: 
"../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/../../mk/wrapper/../../mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk"
 line 310: warning: Couldn't read shell's output for "true Computing 
BUILDLINK_PREFIX.xproto;                         /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info -K . 
-qp xproto-7.0.12 |         /usr/bin/sed  -e "s,^[^/]*,,;q""
===> Overriding tools for ico-1.0.2
===> Extracting for ico-1.0.2
===> Patching for ico-1.0.2
===> Creating toolchain wrappers for ico-1.0.2
sh: Syntax error: expecting "in"
*** Error code 2

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/x11/ico
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/x11/ico
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/x11/ico
# 

>How-To-Repeat:
        update pkg_install, trying rebuilding a different piece of software 
from w/i pkgsrc.
>Fix: