> > {13} make
> > make: Unknown modifier 'u'
> 
> Hello Al,
> 
> Use the pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap to build your new "bmake" tool and use 
> "bmake" instead of "make".
> 
> Or update your /usr/src maybe to the maintenance 3.x branch and try to 
> build and install src/usr.bin/make/.
> 
> Others will tell you that NetBSD 1.5.x is not supported with pkgsrc but we 
> may be able to help you with some issues. (NetBSD 1.5.x is better than 
> some of the platforms pkgsrc is said to support.)

and Solaris bootstrap is broken (tabs in makefile):
cd /pkg/obj/bmake/SunOS/unit-tests && /pkg/obj/bmake/SunOS/bmake 
TEST_MAKE=/pkg/obj/bmake/SunOS/bmake test
/pkg/obj/bmake/SunOS/bmake -f Makefile > test.out 2>&1
diff -u /pkg/obj/bmake/unit-tests/test.exp test.out
No differences encountered
===> running: /usr/xpg4/bin/sh /pkg/obj/install-sh -c -o root -g root -m 755 
/pkg/obj/bmake/SunOS/bmake /usr/pkg/bin/bmake
===> running: /usr/xpg4/bin/sh /pkg/obj/install-sh -c -o root -g root -m 644 
/pkg/obj/bmake/bmake.1 /usr/pkg/man/man1/bmake.1
===> Installing awk
===> running: /usr/xpg4/bin/sh /pkg/obj/install-sh -d -o root -g root 
/pkg/obj/awk
===> running: (cd /pkg/obj/awk && /usr/pkg/bin/bmake)
bmake: "/pkg/obj/awk/makefile" line 33: Unassociated shell command "# followed 
by gcov onefile.c; cat onefile.c.gcov"
bmake: Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue

bmake: stopped in /pkg/obj/awk
===> exited with status 1
aborted.