Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file

[Rainer Müller]

Marcus Bointon wrote:
> I don't see why it should be looking in the current dir to upgrade
> outdated packages anyway, and it's obviously not having any trouble
> finding the portfiles in the normal install location. Is it that
> 'outdated' resolves to ''?

Please read the full error message, the answer is already given there.
This has been improved in trunk for the next release.

Rainer