portsdb error

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in message <009301c930e5$c6168b20$5243a160$@com>,
wrote Tom Eagle of ESEstudios.com thusly...
>
> Here is the output of portsdb -Uu.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Root [mailto:root at bsd.esestudios.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:54 PM
> To: tom at bsd.esestudios.com
> Subject:
>
> Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.."Makefile", line 56: Could not find
> bsd.port.options.mk
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> ===> sysutils/apcupsd failed
> *** Error code 1
>
> ********************************************************************
> Before reporting this error, verify that you are running a supported
> version of FreeBSD (see http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/) and that you
> have a complete and up-to-date ports collection.  (INDEX builds are
> not supported with partial or out-of-date ports collections -- in
> particular, if you are using cvsup, you must cvsup the "ports-all"
> collection, and have no "refuse" files.)  If that is the case, then
> report the failure to ports at FreeBSD.org together with relevant
> details of your ports configuration (including FreeBSD version,
> your architecture, your environment, and your /etc/make.conf
> settings, especially compiler flags and WITH/WITHOUT settings).
>
> Note: the latest pre-generated version of INDEX may be fetched
> automatically with "make fetchindex".
> ********************************************************************
...

Hi Tom,

Could you please sent a copy of your email to sem at FreeBSD.org who is
the current maintainer of portupgrade{,-devel} ports?

Also, could you please file a PR via send-pr (do "man send-pr") or
through the web interface ...

  http://www.freebsd.org/support/bugreports.html


... (instructions & such are there)?


  - parv


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