When I execute pkg_info, I get this:


zsh-3.0.8           The Z shell
emacs-20.7          GNU editing macros (editor)
 <clipped>
lynx-2.8.3rel.1     Alphanumeric display oriented World-Wide Web Client
pkg_info: Cannot generate temp file for ftp(1)'s nlist output
pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading
pkg_info: Cannot generate temp file for ftp(1)'s nlist output
pkg_info: Cannot generate temp file for ftp(1)'s nlist output
pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading

<many repetitions of the above clipped>

MesaLib-3.4.1       freetype-lib-1.3.1  gdbm-1.8.0          png-1.0.11
ghostscript-fonts-6.0 ja-vflib-lib-2.24.2 glu-3.4.1           glut-3.4.1
Mesa-3.4.1          jade-1.2.1nb2       jpeg-6b             lcms-1.06
lesstif-0.92.26     libaudiofile-0.2.1  libtool-base-1.4.20010219nb6
libtool-info-1.4.20010219nb6 libtool-1.4.20010219nb6 mng-1.0.0
qt2-libs-2.3.0      tiff-3.5.5          watanabe-vfont-19930318

<more like this clipped, with different package names>

5.410 ftp: No control connection for command.


However, the packages which give errors seem to be working just fine.
I've evidently managed to damage something that pkg_info wants, and I
suspect that if I try to update any of this stuff, I'll be sorry.

What's the best way to fix this?