Did I miss something?
I'm using pkgsrc (almost) current.

# uname -a
NetBSD no2 3.0.2 NetBSD 3.0.2 (GENERIC32_IP3x) #0: Wed Nov  1 06:04:52 UTC 
2006  
builds@b0.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-2-RELEASE/sgimips/200610311952Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/sgimips/compile/GENERIC32_IP3x 
sgimips

# pwd
/usr/pkgsrc/devel/p5-IO-Compress-Base
# make
=> Required installed package digest>=20010302: digest-20060826 found
===> Skipping vulnerability checks.
WARNING: No /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities file found.
WARNING: To fix, install the pkgsrc/security/audit-packages
WARNING: package and run: ``/usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list''.
=> Checksum SHA1 OK for IO-Compress-Base-2.004.tar.gz
=> Checksum RMD160 OK for IO-Compress-Base-2.004.tar.gz
===> Installing dependencies for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
=> Required installed package perl>=5.8.7: perl-5.8.8nb4 found
===> Overriding tools for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
===> Extracting for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
===> Patching for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
===> Creating toolchain wrappers for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
===> Configuring for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
Up/Downgrade not needed.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for IO::Compress::Base
===> Building for p5-IO-Compress-Base-2.004
Makefile out-of-date with respect to Makefile.PL
Cleaning current config before rebuilding Makefile...
/usr/bin/make -f Makefile.old clean > /dev/null 2>&1
/usr/pkg/bin/perl Makefile.PL "INSTALLDIRS=vendor"
Up/Downgrade not needed.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for IO::Compress::Base
==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <==
==> Please rerun the /usr/bin/make command.  <==
false
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped 
in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/p5-IO-Compress-Base/work/IO-Compress-Base-2.004
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/p5-IO-Compress-Base
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/p5-IO-Compress-Base