Hi,

I hope I'm sending this to the proper mailing list.

I'm trying to understand something about NetBSD, more specifically pkgsrc. 
I'm using pkgsrc.tar.gz from a few days ago, and I'm having serious trouble 
installing/updating some of my software.

I believe ../meta-pkgs/gnome and ../meta-pkgs/php4-extensions is broken (as 
other users have put it, I don't really know what "broken" means since I'm 
not experienced enough with NetBSD and pkgsrc yet).

Anyway, in my view, I'm experiencing several problems:
1).  I'm trying to update gnome from/with '../meta-pkgs/gnome/make update' 
and all starts fine, but then bombs out with package gnome-media with 
several errors starting with:

gst-cdparanoia-cdrom.o(.text+0x14ba): In function 
`gst_cdparanoia_cdrom_get_status':
: undefined reference to `lrint'
gmake[3]: *** [gnome-cd] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/gnome-media-2.10.2/gnome-cd'
gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/gnome-media-2.10.2/gnome-cd'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/gnome-media-2.10.2'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 2

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media
===>
===> There was an error during the ``build'' phase.
===> Please investigate the following for more information:
===>      * log of the build
===>      * /usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/.work.log
===>
*** Error code 1

Stop.
...

2).  I've already had KOffice updated (from updating KDE I believe), but in 
the process of updating another package, it (make update) deinstalled 
KOffice and is in the process of rebuilding it (a huge waste of time).

3).  Whether I try 'make update' or just 'make' in 
../meta-pkgs/php4-extensions it bombs out with errors telling me a package 
is needed, but the packages IS installed and at it's newest version:

gst-cdparanoia-cdrom.o(.text+0x14ba): In function 
`gst_cdparanoia_cdrom_get_status':
: undefined reference to `lrint'
gmake[3]: *** [gnome-cd] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/gnome-media-2.10.2/gnome-cd'
gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/gnome-media-2.10.2/gnome-cd'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/gnome-media-2.10.2'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 2

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media
===>
===> There was an error during the ``build'' phase.
===> Please investigate the following for more information:
===>      * log of the build
===>      * /usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/gnome2-media/work/.work.log
===>
*** Error code 1

Stop.
...

What I ended up doing was removing my /usr/pkgsrc directory and unpacking 
the new pkgsrc.tar.gz and starting over, but that did not help at all (still 
the same problems).  Will pkg_admin help straighten out some of these 
problems?  Is there any other tools I can use to check/fix pkg DB problems?

All help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Robert