portmaster problems upgrading to php 5.3.4

[Kelly Martin]

I should also mention that I have an almost-identical server running
FreeBSD 7.3-release-p2 in backup production and did not experience
these problems when upgrading from php 5.3.3_2 to php 5.3.4. Something
in my 8.1-release development server is causing the problems with
upgrading PHP, so I'm reluctant to upgrade my production servers as
they are absolutely identical until I find a fix.

Thanks,
Kelly