Missing pkg-descr - Correction

[Chuck Swiger]

On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Wayne M. Barnes wrote:
>     The following "Missing pkg-descr" is happening to me a lot,  
> with many
> packages.  This time it was during "portinstall jdk15".
>
> ===>  Installing for m4-1.4.8_1
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list
> ** Missing pkg-descr for m4-1.4.8_1.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/devel/m4.
> *** Error code 1
>
>     This time it is on a brand-new install of FreeBSD 6.2.
>
>     How can I be responsible for the "pkg-descr".
>
>     This is the second time I have asked this question.  I got
> no help before.  My email was down briefly.  Did I miss the answer?

This suggests that your ports tree is incomplete for some reason; you  
should review how you are updating the ports tree and see whether  
there is some problem there-- or check the Handbook for other methods  
of updating /usr/ports...

-- 
-Chuck