'pkg version' strangeness - No valid entries found

[Andy Farkas]

root# cd /usr/ports
root# make index
Generating INDEX-11 - please wait..--- describe.accessibility ---
--- describe.arabic ---
--- describe.archivers ---
    .
    .
    .
--- describe.x11-toolkits ---
--- describe.x11-wm ---
make_index: /usr/ports/archivers/atool: no entry for 
/usr/ports/:lang/perl5.22
  Done.
root#
root# pkg version -v
pkg: No valid entries found in '/usr/ports/INDEX-11'
root#
root# make index
Generating INDEX-11 - please wait..--- describe.accessibility ---
--- describe.arabic ---
--- describe.archivers ---
--- describe.astro ---
--- describe.audio ---
--- describe.benchmarks ---
^Z
Suspended
root#
root# pkg version -v
ImageMagick-6.9.6.4_1,1            <   needs updating (port has 6.9.8.9,1)
ORBit2-2.14.19_2                   =   up-to-date with port
OpenEXR-2.2.0_7                    =   up-to-date with port
    .
    .
    .
zenity-3.18.0                      =   up-to-date with port
zip-3.0_1                          =   up-to-date with port
zziplib-0.13.62_2                  =   up-to-date with port
root#
root# fg
make index
    .
    .
    .

..and after it finishes I get 'No valid entries' error again for 'pkg 
version'

Anyone know what's going on and/or how to fix?

"no entry for /usr/ports/:lang/perl5.22/" looks suspect...

-andyf