I must be doing something wrong but setting FETCH_CMD="GiveMeError" in /etc/mk.conf has no effect for me as I see # ps | grep fetch 29584 ttyp1 S+ 0:00.00 grep fetch 802 ttyp2 S+ 0:00.06 make fetch 8969 ttyp2 S+ 0:00.01 /bin/sh /home/pkgsrc/mk/fetch/fetch ftp://ftp.fu-ber