x11 upgrade from 6.9 fails right at the outset

[Scott Bennett]

     I'm finally trying to do the upgrade from X.org 6.9 and have run into
an error right at the beginning.  I'm running FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE with the
kernel updated to today.  (The rest of the system was last updated two or
three weeks ago, IIRC.)  The X.org upgrade failure looks like this:

hellas # nice +17 portupgrade -Rf libXft && nice +18 portupgrade -aPkO
[Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 588 packages found (-0 +588) ....................................................................................................100....................................................................................................200....................................................................................................300....................................................................................................400....................................................................................................500........................................................................................ done]
[Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 18137 port entries found .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.........17000.........18000. ..... done]
[Gathering depends for x11-fonts/libXft ....................................... done]
[Exclude up-to-date packages ./usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkginfo.rb:74:in `initialize': : Not in due form: <name>-<version> (ArgumentError)
	from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:661:in `main'
	from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:659:in `main'
	from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:588:in `main'
	from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:1320:in `order!'
	from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:1271:in `order!'
	from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:1265:in `order'
	from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:565:in `main'
	from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:815:in `initialize'
	from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:229:in `main'
	from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:2170

If someone could pass me a clue to getting the upgrade going, I'd appreciate
it greatly.  Thanks much.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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