PORTS: What is "Makefile broken" ?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Payam <payam at betterrugs.com> writes:

> Whenever I do a "cvsup ports-supfile" followed by a "portupgrade -a"
> some ports fail (Makefile broken, install error, unknown error) and
> then some of their dependants aren't built because of it.
> 
> Here is an example of a "Makefile broken"
> =====================
> angela root # cd /usr/ports/graphics/libexif
> angela libexif # make
> "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2028: warning: String comparison
> operator should be either == or !=
> "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2028: Malformed conditional
> (${PKGINSTALLVER} < 20030417)
> "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2028: Need an operator
> "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 4982: if-less endif
> "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 4982: Need an operator
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> angela libexif #
> =====================
> 
> There is apparently a problem with the Mk/bsd.port.mk file !!

Apparently.

> Is there something I'm missing here? This happens with a lot of ports.

Are you using a refuse file with cvsup?