docbook and old package management

Seems the old package management went EOL *way* before September .. none
of the docbook ports install now :-(

[Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 183 packages
found (-1 +0) (...) done]
--->  Installing the new version via the port
===>  Staging for docbook241-2.4.1_2,1
===>   docbook241-2.4.1_2,1 depends on file:
/usr/local/share/sgml/iso8879/catalog - found
===>   docbook241-2.4.1_2,1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -
found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
cd /usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/docbk241 && /bin/sh -c
'(/usr/bin/find -d $0 $2 | /usr/bin/cpio -dumpl $1 >/dev/null  2>&1) &&
 /usr/sbin/chown -Rh root:wheel $1 &&  /usr/bin/find -d $0 $2 -type d
-exec chmod 755 $1/{} \; &&  /usr/bin/find -d $0 $2 -type f -exec chmod
444 $1/{} \;' -- .
/usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/stage/usr/local/share/sgml/docbook/2.4.1/dtd
install  -o root -g wheel -m 444
/usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/catalog
/usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/stage/usr/local/share/sgml/docbook/2.4.1/dtd
/bin/mv
/usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/stage/usr/local/share/sgml/docbook/2.4.1/dtd/*.txt
/usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/stage/usr/local/share/doc/docbook/2.4.1
====> Compressing man pages (compress-man)
===>  Building package for docbook241-2.4.1_2,1
Creating package
/usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241/work/docbook241-2.4.1_2,1.tbz
Registering depends: iso8879-1986_3 xmlcatmgr-2.2.
pkg_create: read_plist: unknown command '_at_dirrmtry share/sgml/docbook'
(package tools out of date?)
pkg_create: read_plist: unknown command '_at_dirrmtry share/doc/docbook'
(package tools out of date?)
pkg_create: write_plist: unknown command type -1 (share/sgml/docbook)
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/docbook-241.
** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/libexec/pkgtools/script -qa
/tmp/portupgrade20140218-69013-1yygj31 env UPGRADE_TOOL=portupgrade
UPGRADE_PORT=docbook-2.4.1_1,1 UPGRADE_PORT_VER=2.4.1_1,1 make reinstall
--->  Restoring the old version