patch failed to apply cleanly

[Dennis Haarbrink]

hello list,

this is my first post here.

i've got a freebsd 5.2.1 box, cleanly installed. 

when using the ports tree, i (almost) always get the following error when trying
to install a port. i.e. trying to make /usr/ports/devel/gettext gives me the
following output:

===> Patching for gettext-0.11.5_1
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for gettext-0.11.5_1
Ignoring previously applied (or reversed) patch.
1 out of 1 hunks ignored--saving rejects to Makefile.in.rej
>> Patch patch-Makefile.in failed to apply cleanly.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gettext.

i've googled from a to z but i can't seem to find similar problems with the
ports tree.

i hope someone will recognize the problem and push me in the right direction :)

tnx in advance.

regards,
dennis