Makefile error: your port uses an old layout

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Oct 3 18:29:08 PDT 2005


On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 06:20:59PM -0700, Joe S wrote:
> I can't seem to install quite a few apps from ports. I'm running 
> 5.4-RELEASE with security patches installed (via freebsd-update). I 
> update ports with portsnap. I have updated a few times today.
> 
> Example:
> # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools
> # make install clean
> Makefile error: your port uses an old layout.  Please update it to match 
> this bsd.port.mk.  If you have updated your ports collection via cvsup 
> and are still getting this error, see Q12 and Q13 in the cvsup FAQ on 
> http://www.polstra.com for further information.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools.
> 
> 
> The FAQ is useless. I've googled for similar errors, no relevant 
> results. Any ideas?

You have stale cruft in your port directory.  Show us what it is..

Kris
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