NetBSD Problem Report #57801

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From: simmonds@polymorphism.ca
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Subject: lang/nim fails to build package due to pax on macOS
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>Number:         57801
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       lang/nim fails to build package due to pax on macOS
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 29 05:20:00 +0000 2023
>Closed-Date:    Sat Mar 07 09:53:56 +0000 2026
>Last-Modified:  Sat Mar 07 09:53:56 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Colin Simmonds
>Release:        pkgsrc git trunk latest
>Organization:
>Environment:
Darwin meiling.local 23.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.2.0: Wed Nov 15 21:53:18 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.61.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 arm Darwin
>Description:
trying to build and install lang/nim on a Mac, I encountered the following error in the install step:

$ sudo bmake install
....
cd /Users/colin/tmp/pkgsrc-work/lang/nim/work/nim-2.0.0/nimsuggest && /bin/pax -r -w . /Users/colin/tmp/pkgsrc-work/lang/nim/work/.destdir/opt/pkg/nim/nimsuggest
pax: Cannot access destination directory /Users/colin/tmp/pkgsrc-work/lang/nim/work/.destdir/opt/pkg/nim/nimsuggest <No such file or directory>

It looks like the version of pax installed in Darwin by default will not create the destination directory if it does not already exist. I couldn't find a version number for the binary, and it appears to be based on a version from FreeBSD.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ cd lang/nim
$ bmake
$ sudo bmake install

>Fix:
The package builds successfully if I force it to use the NetBSD version of pax from the archivers/pax package:

$ sudo PAX=/opt/pkg/bin/nbpax bmake install

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: triaxx@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:42:26 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Successful installation with /bin/pax on Darwin 25.2.0. Does the issue still persist?


From: Colin Simmonds <simmonds@polymorphism.ca>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: pkg-manager@netbsd.org,
 pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org,
 gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
 "triaxx@netbsd.org" <triaxx@NetBSD.org>
Subject: Re: pkg/57801 (lang/nim fails to build package due to pax on macOS)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 21:33:11 -0500

 It seems to be fixed. I=E2=80=99m able to build and install it on =
 machines running macOS 15.7.4 and 26.3.


 Colin

 > On Feb 26, 2026, at 00:42, triaxx@netbsd.org wrote:
 >=20
 > Synopsis: lang/nim fails to build package due to pax on macOS
 >=20
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: triaxx@NetBSD.org
 > State-Changed-When: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:42:26 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Successful installation with /bin/pax on Darwin 25.2.0. Does the issue =
 still persist?
 >=20
 >=20
 >=20

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: bsiegert@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:53:56 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
confirmed fixed


>Unformatted:

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