Regarding the change in current to have guard pages around arrays used
by the ctype implementation, to choose SEGV as the preferred form of UB:

  https://gnats.netbsd.org/58208

It is in state needs-pullups.  Given the PR history, it seems the
implementation was trickier than expected, even if it's settled out now.
And, it's in the category of deliberately breaking things.  As an
example, pkgsrc/geography/qgis doesn't build on current.  While there's
certainly a bug to be fixed, it hasn't been known to cause actual
trouble.

I'm not aware of pkgsrc bulk builds on NetBSD-current.  Much less actual
testing.  So a fair bit may be breaking, not yet noticed.  I expect a
significant amount of trouble if this were to land in 10 in its current
state.

I would there suggest either:

  don't pull this up (and drop the needs-pullups state)

  if pulled up, make it opt in for starters, until people have had a
  chance to do pkgsrc bulk builds and operate servers and desktops with
  it, and clean up the issues, before defaulting it on
  

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