[changed to tech-userlevel as requested]
On Sun, May 17, 1998 at 08:48:35PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 1998, Webmaster Jim wrote:
> > =3D=3D=3D>  Creating README.html for net/ncftp-2.4.3
> > make: don't know how to make package-name. Stop
> > *** Error code 1
> 
> This works fine for me, please make surre your pkgsrc iis upto date 
> (remove any old files flying around!!), then try again.
> 
> > 12:34:41/jim> grep PKGNAME ar*/Makefile nc*/Makefile
> > archie/Makefile:PKGNAME=3D        archie-1.4.1
> 
> It's perfectly ok not to set PKGNAME in a pkg; it will be taken from 
> DISTNAME then, see pkgsrc/mk/bsd.pkg.mk.
> --
> Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>

I have the most recent pksrc.tar.gz; as far as old files flying
around, I have stuff going back to 386BSD that I would like
to keep :-)

Could you give me any more clues as to why this doesn't work? 
The only thing I've changed is in /etc/mk.conf.

06:28:25/jim> pwd
/n/usr/pkgsrc/net/ncftp2
06:28:29/jim> make readme
===>  Creating README.html for ncftp-2.4.3
make: don't know how to make package-name. Stop
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
06:28:38/jim> make -n readme
rm -f README.html
cd /n/usr/pkgsrc/net/ncftp2 && make README.html
06:28:45/jim> cd /n/usr/pkgsrc/net/ncftp2 && make README.html
===>  Creating README.html for ncftp-2.4.3
make: don't know how to make package-name. Stop
*** Error code 1

Stop.
06:28:59/jim> make  package-name
ncftp-2.4.3

06:32:38/jim> diff /usr/pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example /etc/mk.conf
16a17
> LOCALBASE=    /n/usr/local    # Where non-X-based packages will be installed
20a22
> X11BASE=      /n/usr/local/X11R6      # Where X-based packages will be installed