Makefile error: your port uses an old layout

[Joe S]

Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 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
I'm  going to try blowing away ports tree and get a fresh update via 
portsnap.