pkg-static error when installing php5 from ports

[Neel Natu]

Hi,

I am installing php5 from ports. It builds fine but fails with this
error when installing:

[/usr/ports/lang/php5]$ sudo make install
===>  Installing for php5-5.4.31
===>   php5-5.4.31 depends on shared library: libpcre.so - found
(/usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.3)
===>   php5-5.4.31 depends on shared library: libxml2.so - found
(/usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.1)
===>  Checking if php5 already installed
===>   Registering installation for php5-5.4.31
pkg-static: Invalid manifest format: could not find expected ':'
*** Error code 74

Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/lang/php5
*** Error code 1

Any clue what might be happening and how to fix?

best
Neel