port problems on FreeBSD 8.4

[Robert Bonomi]

I'm trying to build a bunch of ports on my FreeBSD 8.4 box, and getting
errors I don't understand from the 'make' attempts on aboiut a dozen of them.
e.g. why it is apparently looking for a .gz when the distfile is a .bz2

On the 'etoile-*' ports, I tried modifying Makefile to have "USES= tar:bzip2",
whereupon it complains "can't open Makefile". I'm stumped on what to try next.

I don't have a clue on the 'PREFIX' complaints, or the 'Unknown component' / 
'Unknown autotool' complaints.

Can somebody see if they can, or more significantly, _cannot_ reproduce these
issues on their system?  That way I'll know if it's just _my_ system, or a
real problem in the port.

Also, when building some ports, I get _scads_ of 'warnings' from compilers --
the items seem to work ok, but some of the warnings are worrisome -- like when
it claims an 'if' always evaluates true because an unsigned variable is used.


The list of 'problem children':

===>   etoile-idle-0.4.1 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
=> etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is not in /home/ports/x11/etoile-idle/distinfo.
=> Either /home/ports/x11/etoile-idle/distinfo is out of date, or
=> etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11/etoile-idle.

[ Makefile contains: USE_BZIP2=	yes ]

[ distinfo content: ]
[    SHA256 (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) = 2c9f189a0eae9dbc85589660a55faac498d05a056bf8148fa91f25455728cf25 ]
[    SIZE (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) = 8281449 ]
 
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===>   etoile-iterm-0.1.20061221_3 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
=> Etoile-20061221.tar.gz is not in /home/ports/x11/etoile-iterm/distinfo.
=> Either /home/ports/x11/etoile-iterm/distinfo is out of date, or
=> Etoile-20061221.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11/etoile-iterm.

[ Makefile contains: USE_BZIP2=	yes ]

[ distinfo content: ]
[    SHA256 (Etoile-20061221.tar.bz2) = 7dc8acbf2cb46d9d119c9817204bbbbe72884065f3287877550c400e68f4c992 ]
[    SIZE (Etoile-20061221.tar.bz2) = 9867481 ]

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===>   etoile-xwindowserverkit-0.4.1 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
=> etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is not in /home/ports/x11/etoile-xwindowserverkit/distinfo.
=> Either /home/ports/x11/etoile-xwindowserverkit/distinfo is out of date, or
=> etoile-0.4.1.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11/etoile-xwindowserverkit.

[ Makefile contains: USE_BZIP2=	yes ]

[ distinfo content: ]
[    SHA256 (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) = 2c9f189a0eae9dbc85589660a55faac498d05a056bf8148fa91f25455728cf25 ]
[    SIZE (etoile-0.4.1.tar.bz2) = 8281449 ]

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===>  alarm-clock-1.4_1 cannot install: Unknown component gnomehack.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11-clocks/alarm-clock.

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[ x11/kdelibs3 ]

PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
*** Error code 1

Stop.

[ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=		${KDE_PREFIX} ]

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[ x11/kdelibs3 ]

PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
*** Error code 1

Stop.

[ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=		${KDE_PREFIX} ]

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[ x11/kdelibs3-nocups ]

PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
*** Error code 1

Stop. 

[ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=		${KDE_PREFIX} ]

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[ x11-clocks/kdetoys3 ]


PREFIX must be defined as an absolute path so that when 'make'
is invoked in the work area PREFIX points to the right place.
*** Error code 1

Stop. 

[ Makefile contains:  PREFIX=		${KDE_PREFIX} ]

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===> Fetching all distfiles required by pkg-1.5.5 for building
===>  kdeutils-_9 Unknown autotool: libtool.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/misc/kdeutils3.

[ other ports use libtool with no problems ]

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===>  bmp-alarm-0.6.0_6 Unknown autotool: libtool.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11-clocks/bmp-alarm.

[ other ports use libtool with no problems ]

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===>  kdebase-_9 Unknown autotool: libtool.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase3.

[ other ports use libtool with no problems ]

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===>  bmp-alarm-0.6.0_6 Unknown autotool: libtool.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/ports/x11-clocks/bmp-alarm.

[ other ports use libtool with no problems ]

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