query about portmaster output: "No ORIGIN ..."

[Jamie Paul Griffin]

[ To freebsd-ports at freebsd.org wrote on Sat 15.Sep'12 at 10:45:03 +0100 ]

> Hi
> 
> This morning I updated my ports tree using svn. Then used `portmaster -L` to check outdated ports, etc. and there is a message/warning/whatever, from portmaster about linux-f10-alsa-lib-1.0.21_1 - this is the output:
> 
> 	===>>> linux-f10-alsa-lib-1.0.21_1
>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/linux-f10-alsa-lib-1.0.21_1/+CONTENTS
> 
> I don't understand what it means exactly and wondered if someone could explain? and perhaps explain the steps needed to fix it?
> 
> Best wishes, Jamie
> 
> i'm using FreeBSD 9/stable, recently stopped using portsnap and csup in favour of svn for my base sources updates and my ports.

I managed to overcome it using `make deinstall reinstall` for that particular port. I must have screwed something up before when I removed 'things' so I could start using svn for my ports tree.