For me, I had to upgrade an 8.2 FreeBSD to 10.0 current. and got the same issue...
What I did was: 1) copy the "make" program from the 10.0 series to replace the /usr/bin/make 2) copy via tar /usr/src /usr/obj from the 10.0 to the 8.2 cd /usr/src export KERNCONF to the config in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf make installworld make installkernel save old /etc ..... make distribution this install the new rc.d and /etc/files than copy back /etc/profile, /etc/master.passwd, /etc/group, /etc/rc.conf... to /etc fix the /boot/loader.conf.... Than boot the system in 10.0 stable... After that... the ports and portmaster started working again... so I took a list of the packages... pkg info -qo > /tmp/pkglist than delete all packages..... pkg delete -fay than pkg install $(cat /tmp/pkglist), this will install all the packages direct from freebsd.org some will not install as they do not exists.. in freebsd.org so... using portmaster --no-confirm $(cat /tmp/pkglist) builds the system in complete order that is now running on 10.0 stable... the hole process took about 6 hours.. I did it remote during the night... Hope it can help.... _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"