> The first few lines of ${DESTDIR}/METALOG should look like this:
>
> . type=3Ddir uname=3Droot gname=3Dwheel mode=3D0755
> ./altroot type=3Ddir uname=3Droot gname=3Dwheel mode=3D0755
> ./bin type=3Ddir uname=3Droot gname=3Dwheel mode=3D0755
> ./dev type=3Ddir uname=3Droot gname=3Dwheel mode=3D0755

The first few lines in my case looked like this:

. type=3Ddir mode=3D0755 uname=3Droot gname=3Dwheel tags=3Dbase_pkg
./usr/include/a.out.h type=3Dfile mode=3D0444 uname=3Droot gname=3Dwhee=
l time=3D1071057985.0 sha1=3D6997b8be65088f147abd7407f2bd026449c19514
./usr/include/ar.h type=3Dfile mode=3D0444 uname=3Droot gname=3Dwheel t=
ime=3D1060249449.0 sha1=3D740e8bb407f6067c7ad53ff0010752ec713eb846
./usr/include/arpa/ftp.h type=3Dfile mode=3D0444 uname=3Droot gname=3Dw=
heel time=3D1060249452.0 sha1=3D751c54d6a13b820248a269e62bc6e2d8bb93a54=
c

> If not, then you probably have an old version of src/etc/Makefile.
> Please check that you have at least version 1.317 of src/etc/Makefile=
.=


I do have revision 1.317 of src/etc/Makefile, so that's not it.

I think this has to do with what happens when you repeatedly do
UPDATE builds as non-root.  Sorry, I've not looked closer at the
underlying reason for the file being messed up.

Regards,

- H=E5vard