Update-I-guess to the situation I presented without comment: so I got a bit shifty, and decided to look through `bmake help` for verbosity. I used to be able to parse this but my brain has aged a lot since then. Am I doing something wrong, or is this something I need to have a hack at?

[Ellenor Malik <ellenor%umbrellix.net@localhost>]

[Regeneratus root]/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash # PATH=/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin:/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin bmake replace PKG_DEBUG_LEVEL=1 PKG_VERBOSE=1
set -e;/usr/bin/env AWK=/Packages/netbsd/bin/nawk PKG_ADMIN=/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_admin\ -K\ /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb  PKGSRCDIR=/Packages/netbsd/ports PWD_CMD=/bin/pwd SED=/Packages/netbsd/bin/nbsed  /Packages/netbsd/bin/pdksh /Packages/netbsd/ports/mk/pkgformat/pkg/list-dependencies  " "\ \ digest\>=20010302:../../pkgtools/digest " " " " " " " " | 				 while read type pattern dir; do					 test "$type" = "bootstrap" || continue;		 case $type in							 bootstrap)	Type=Bootstrap;;				 tool)		Type=Tool;;					 build)		Type=Build;;					 test)		Type=Test;;					 full)		Type=Full;;					 esac;								 case $type in							 bootstrap|tool)							 if expr "NO" : '[yY][eE][sS]' >/dev/null; then  extradep="";					 else							 extradep=" rhash-1.3.9nb1";				 fi;				 cross=no;						 archopt=TARGET_ARCH=x86_64;			 pkg=`/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -E "$pattern" || true`;	 ;;							 build|test|full)							 extradep=" rhash-1.3.9nb1";				 cross=NO;				 archopt=;						 pkg
 =`/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -E "$pattern" || true`;	 ;; esac;								 case "$pkg" in							 "")								 echo "=>" "$Type dependency $pattern: NOT found";	 target=reinstall;				 echo "=>" "Verifying $target for $dir";		 [ -d "$dir" ] || /Packages/netbsd/bin/pdksh /Packages/netbsd/ports/mk/scripts/fail echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "[depends.mk] The directory \`\`$dir'' does not exist.";  cd $dir;						 /usr/bin/env  PATH=/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.cwrapper/bin:/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.buildlink/bin:/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.tools/bin:/Packages/netbsd/bin:/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin:/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin			 _PKGSRC_DEPS="$extradep"	 PKGNAME_REQD="$pattern"			 USE_CROSS_COMPILE=$cross			 $archopt					 /opt/nb/bin/bmake _MAKE=/opt/nb/bin/bmake OPSYS=FreeBSD OS_VERSION=12.0 LOWER_OPSYS=freebsd _PKGSRCDIR=/Packages/netbsd/ports PKGTOOLS_VERSION=20191008 _PATH_ORIG=/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin
 :/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin _AUTOMATIC=yes $target;	 case $type in						 bootstrap|tool)						 pkg=`/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -E "$pattern" || true`;;  build|test|full)					 pkg=`/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -E "$pattern" || true`;;  esac;				 case "$pkg" in						 "")	echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "[depends.mk] A package matching \`\`$pattern'' should";  echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "    be installed, but one cannot be found.  Perhaps there is a";  echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "    stale work directory for $dir?";  exit 1;						 esac;					 echo "=>" "Returning to build of rhash-1.3.9nb1";		 ;;							 *)								 case $type in						 bootstrap|tool)						 objfmt=`/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -Q OBJECT_FMT "$pkg"`;;  build|test|full)					 objfmt=`/Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -Q OBJECT_FMT "$pkg"`;;	 esac;		 case "$objfmt" in					 "")	echo 1>&2 "WARNING:" "[depends.mk] Unknown 
 object format for installed package $pkg" ;;  ELF)	;;				 *)	echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "[depends.mk] Installed package $pkg has an";  echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "    object format \`\`$objfmt'' which differs from \`\`ELF''.  Please";  echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "    update the $pkg package to ELF.";  exit 1;						 ;;						 esac;							 silent=;			 if test -z "${silent}"; then			 echo "=>" "$Type dependency $pattern: found $pkg";  fi;							 ;;							 esac;				 done
=> Bootstrap dependency digest>=20010302: found digest-20190127
set -e; set -e;							 case checksum-phase in						 *-phase)	test ! -f /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.extract_done || exit 0 ;;	 esac;								 if cd /Packages/netbsd/ports/distfiles && /usr/bin/env DIGEST=/Packages/netbsd/bin/digest CAT=/bin/cat	 ECHO=echo SED=/Packages/netbsd/bin/nbsed		 TEST=test					 /Packages/netbsd/bin/pdksh /Packages/netbsd/ports/mk/checksum/checksum /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/distinfo  rhash-1.3.9.tar.gz; then  true;						 else							 echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "Make sure the Makefile and checksum file (/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/distinfo)";  echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "are up to date.  If you want to override this check, type";  echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "\"/opt/nb/bin/bmake NO_CHECKSUM=yes [other args]\".";  exit 1;							 fi
set -e; cd /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work; d=`exec pwd`; test "$d" = /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work	 || /Packages/netbsd/bin/pdksh /Packages/netbsd/ports/mk/scripts/fail echo 1>&2 "ERROR:" "[bsd.pkg.mk] The path to WRKDIR /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work must be canonical ($d)."
===> Invoking ``replace'' after barrier for rhash-1.3.9nb1
set -e;					 if test -n "" &&  /Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -qe rhash-1.3.9nb1; then  echo ===\> "Skipping installation of already handled package";  else  cd /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash							 && /usr/bin/env  PATH=/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.cwrapper/bin:/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.buildlink/bin:/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.tools/bin:/Packages/netbsd/bin:/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin:/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin /opt/nb/bin/bmake _MAKE=/opt/nb/bin/bmake OPSYS=FreeBSD OS_VERSION=12.0 LOWER_OPSYS=freebsd _PKGSRCDIR=/Packages/netbsd/ports PKGTOOLS_VERSION=20191008 _PATH_ORIG=/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin:/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin _PKGSRC_BARRIER=yes ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES= replace  || {						 exitcode="$?";						 /usr/bin/env  PATH=/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.cwrapper/bin:/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.buildlink/bin:/Packages/netbsd/ports/
 misc/rhash/work/.tools/bin:/Packages/netbsd/bin:/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin:/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin /opt/nb/bin/bmake _MAKE=/opt/nb/bin/bmake OPSYS=FreeBSD OS_VERSION=12.0 LOWER_OPSYS=freebsd _PKGSRCDIR=/Packages/netbsd/ports PKGTOOLS_VERSION=20191008 _PATH_ORIG=/root/.local/bin:/root/go/bin:/opt/nb/bin:/opt/nb/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin _PKGSRC_BARRIER=yes barrier-error-check;  exit "$exitcode";					 };  fi
===> Replacing for rhash-1.3.9nb1
set -e; if [ x"" = x ]; then				 wildcard=rhash-\[0-9\]\*;				 else								 wildcard="-[0-9]*";				 fi;								 /Packages/netbsd/sbin/pkg_info -K /Packages/netbsd/pkgdb -E "${wildcard}" > /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.replace_oldname
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake[1]: stopped in /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash
set -e;								 /bin/rm -f /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.warning/*.tmp;					 test -d /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.warning || exit 0;				 cd /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.warning;						 for file in ./*; do						 test "$file" != "./*" || exit 0;			 break;							 done;			 /bin/cat ./* | /Packages/netbsd/bin/nbsed -e "s|^|WARNING: |" 1>&2;					 /bin/mv -f ./* /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.warning-done
set -e;								 /bin/rm -f /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.error/*.tmp;					 test -d /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.error || exit 0;				 cd /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.error;						 for file in ./*; do						 test "$file" != "./*" || exit 0;			 break;							 done;				 /bin/cat * | /Packages/netbsd/bin/nbsed -e "s|^|ERROR: |" 1>&2;					 if /Packages/netbsd/bin/nawk 'END { exit (NR > 0) ? 0 : 1; }' ./*; then			 /bin/mv -f ./* /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash/work/.error-done;			 exit 1;							 fi
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake: stopped in /Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash
[Regeneratus root]/Packages/netbsd/ports/misc/rhash # 

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Ellenor Malik <ellenor%umbrellix.net@localhost>