setting the default database in gnats 3.999.2

Folks;

I get stuck at the following point...

dezolt% /mnt6/gnats-3.999.2/gnats/mkdb default
mkdb: No proper entry for `default' in `/usr/local/etc/gnats/databases':

dezolt% 

I have a /usr/local/com, per the documentation, it should be accessible, and the build otherwise of gnats 4.0 (multiple builds, actually, to see where the hole might be in the logic that creates the above result) was without any problems.  The build is on Solaris 8.

Any help would be useful and appreciated.

Rich Erwin
Boeing SSG - M&CT Support
(425) 865-3414