Martina Mostert wrote:
> ===> Becoming root@pinguin.privat to install pkg_install.
> /usr/bin/su ===> usage: pkg_admin [-V] command args ...
> Where 'commands' and 'args' are:
>  rebuild                     - rebuild pkgdb from +CONTENTS files
>  check [pkg ...]             - check md5 checksum of installed files
>  lsall /path/to/pkgpattern   - list all pkgs matching the pattern
>  lsbest /path/to/pkgpattern  - list pkgs matching the pattern best
>  dump                        - dump database
>  pmatch pattern pkg          - returns true if pkg matches pattern, otherwise
> false is already installed - perhaps an older version?

I have tracked down the problem to a very outdated pkg_admin binary. 
Looking at the "usage" line and the CVS history, it is clear that the 
program is from 2003 or even earlier.

To fix this problem, bootstrap pkgsrc as explained in the pkgsrc user guide.

Roland