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Date:      Mon, 3 Oct 2005 21:29:06 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Joe S <js.lists@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Makefile error: your port uses an old layout
Message-ID:  <20051004012906.GA48281@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <4341D8FB.5040000@gmail.com>
References:  <4341D8FB.5040000@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 06:20:59PM -0700, Joe S wrote:
> I can't seem to install quite a few apps from ports. I'm running=20
> 5.4-RELEASE with security patches installed (via freebsd-update). I=20
> update ports with portsnap. I have updated a few times today.
>=20
> Example:
> # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools
> # make install clean
> Makefile error: your port uses an old layout.  Please update it to match=
=20
> this bsd.port.mk.  If you have updated your ports collection via cvsup=20
> and are still getting this error, see Q12 and Q13 in the cvsup FAQ on=20
> http://www.polstra.com for further information.
> *** Error code 1
>=20
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools.
>=20
>=20
> The FAQ is useless. I've googled for similar errors, no relevant=20
> results. Any ideas?

You have stale cruft in your port directory.  Show us what it is..

Kris

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