[Newbie] Stop in /usr/ports/x11/kdebase3. How-to 'fix the problem'?

[David Armour]

hello listers,

I'm getting the following error while trying to cvsup:
# [...earlier output appended below ... (*more* available!]

** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed)
        ! x11/kdebase3 (kdebase-3.4.2_2)        (unknown build 
error)
        * x11-themes/kdeartwork3 (kdeartwork-3.4.2)
        * misc/kdeutils3 (kdeutils-3.4.2)
        * devel/kdesdk3 (kdesdk-3.4.2_1)
        * devel/kdevelop (kdevelop-3.2.2)
--->  Packages processed: 0 done, 27 ignored, 4 skipped and 1 
failed 

I'm concerned because a) kdebase potentially affects several 
other ports downstream, and b) I haven't deviated from the 
sequence of steps I've used successfully in the past.

The steps I took, (as root) to this point:

1] cvsup -g -L 2 cvs-supfile 
 1a]    cvsup -g -L 2 doc-supfile 
2] cd /usr/ports && make fetchindex
3] cd ~ && /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -fu
4] /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -fu
 4a] /usr/local/sbin/portaudit -F 
5] #  1.) Delete installed packages which conflict with the 	
    #      updated KDE ports. [i]
/usr/local/sbin/pkg_deinstall -f kdeadmin-\[0-9\]\*
    #  2.) update the remaining KDE ports:
/usr/local/sbin/portupgrade -O arts\* kde\* \*kde-i18n\*
    ** No such installed package: *kde-i18n*
    # ...snippage....
compilation error: 
file /usr/local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/docbook/xsl/html/chunk-code.xsl 
line 515 element apply-templates
xsl:apply-templates : could not compile select expression 
'key('id',$rootid)'
XPath error : Undefined variable
$footnotes[1]
          ^
compilation error: 
file /usr/local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/docbook/xsl/html/chunk-code.xsl 
line 954 element apply-templates
xsl:apply-templates : could not compile select expression 
'$footnotes[1]'
XPath error : Undefined variable
compilation error: 
file /usr/local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/docbook/xsl/html/chunk-code.xsl 
line 805 element a
Attribute template href: failed to compile $href
XPath error : Undefined variable
compilation error: 
file /usr/local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-navig.xsl 
line 97 element apply-templates
xsl:apply-templates : could not compile select expression '$up'
XPath error : Undefined variable
compilation error: 
file /usr/local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-navig.xsl 
line 165 element apply-templates
xsl:apply-templates : could not compile select expression '$prev'
XPath error : Undefined variable
compilation error: 
file /usr/local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-navig.xsl 
line 170 element apply-templates
xsl:apply-templates : could not compile select expression '$next'
unable to parse ./index.docbook
gmake[3]: *** [index.cache.bz2] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/ports/x11/kdebase3/work/kdebase-3.4.3/doc/kdm'
gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/ports/x11/kdebase3/work/kdebase-3.4.3/doc'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/ports/x11/kdebase3/work/kdebase-3.4.3'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 2

Stop in /usr/ports/x11/kdebase3.
** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script 
-qa /tmp/portupgrade45882.21 make
** Fix the problem and try again.
--->  Skipping 'x11-themes/kdeartwork3' (kdeartwork-3.4.2) 
because a requisite package 'kdebase-3.4.2_2' (x11/kdebase3) 
failed (specify -k to force)
--->  Skipping 'misc/kdeutils3' (kdeutils-3.4.2) because a 
requisite package 'kdebase-3.4.2_2' (x11/kdebase3) failed 
(specify -k to force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/kdesdk3' (kdesdk-3.4.2_1) because a 
requisite package 'kdebase-3.4.2_2' (x11/kdebase3) failed 
(specify -k to force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/kdevelop' (kdevelop-3.2.2) because a 
requisite package 'kdebase-3.4.2_2' (x11/kdebase3) failed 
(specify -k to force)
... 

any ideas greatly appreciated. this is WAY out of my league.
many thanks.

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[i]... /usr/ports/UPDATING recommends 
        # One data file has been moved from kdeadmin to kdelibs
        # between KDE 3.4.1 and KDE 3.4.2.  This means that 
        # ****if you currently have the kdeadmin port installed 
	# ****you will have to take some precautions to update your KDE
        # ****installation. [<= understatement award potential!]

        # also recommends to not use kde while 'updating', 
        # so.... login as dfa3, who uses xfce4...su into root 
	# shell and copy/paste 

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