The following reply was made to PR pkg/55209; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc:
Subject: Re: pkg/55209 (Guide fails when copying example rc.d files)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:13:32 -0400
The example for Xfce in the guide is rather outdated. famd and hal
aren't required anymore. (A hint is that the xfce4 meta package doesn't
pull in either of them as indirect dependencies.) It's also not
strictly necessary to start dbus as a system-wide service; if it's not
already running, it'll be started automatically under the specific
user's account when Xfce initiates. (Which means is used to start dbus
is a matter of a particular user's preference. I don't run it as a
system-wide service, as I don't need to.) On the other hand, some users
probably would want to enable polkitd, another current depenency of
Xfce.
(The guide is also wrong about the command to start the DE that's
placed in .xinitrc. It should be "startxfce4", not "xfce4-session".)
Dave