Index: ports-mgmt/portlint/src/portlint.pl
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--- ports-mgmt/portlint/src/portlint.pl	(revision 411822)
+++ ports-mgmt/portlint/src/portlint.pl	(working copy)
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@
 
 			# Check port dir existence
 			$k = $m{'dir'};
+			$k =~ s/^([^\$].*)/$ENV{'PORTSDIR'}/;
 			$k =~ s/\$\{PORTSDIR}/$ENV{'PORTSDIR'}/;
 			$k =~ s/\$[\({]PORTSDIR[\)}]/$ENV{'PORTSDIR'}/;
 			if (! -d $k) {