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On 03/04/11 15:37, Ed Flecko wrote:
[Snips]

Given this:

> ===>    /usr/ports/textproc/docproj-nojadetex/work not writable, skipping

> Any ideas on what my problem(s) is and how to solve it???

Either you've got a read-only /usr/ports or you've forgotten to run as root.

[I will admit to doing the latter occasionally.]