pkg-static error when installing php5 from ports

[Neel Natu]

No response on freebsd-pkg@ so figured I would try my luck here.

best
Neel

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Neel Natu <neelnatu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am installing php5 from ports. It builds fine but fails with this
> error when installing:
>
> [/usr/ports/lang/php5]$ sudo make install
> ===>  Installing for php5-5.4.31
> ===>   php5-5.4.31 depends on shared library: libpcre.so - found
> (/usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.3)
> ===>   php5-5.4.31 depends on shared library: libxml2.so - found
> (/usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.1)
> ===>  Checking if php5 already installed
> ===>   Registering installation for php5-5.4.31
> pkg-static: Invalid manifest format: could not find expected ':'
> *** Error code 74
>
> Stop.
> make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/lang/php5
> *** Error code 1
>
> Any clue what might be happening and how to fix?
>
> best
> Neel