Error building pkg repository

[Dan Lists]

I maintain a couple local package repositories.   I have not had any
problems creating the repositories until today.   I went to update a
repository and this is what I got:

# pkg repo .
Creating repository in .:   0%
pkg: pkg_create_repo(pipe): Protocol not supported
Cannot create repository catalogue

I searched the web and the list archives, but I did not find anything.
Can anyone help with this issue?

Thanks,

Dan