diff -Nur --exclude CVS /usr/ports/databases/db4/Makefile /root/db4/Makefile
--- /usr/ports/databases/db4/Makefile	Sun Jan  5 05:43:18 2003
+++ /root/db4/Makefile	Mon Jan  6 11:35:06 2003
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install install_docs
 .endif
 
+# the db install_docs target installs an empty directory, kill it
+# (it's not packaged and it's not needed):
+
+.if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
+post-install:
+	@${RMDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/db4/ref/splash
+.endif
+
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		's|-lpthread|${PTHREAD_LIBS}|g' ${WRKSRC}/${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT}
diff -Nur --exclude CVS /usr/ports/databases/db4/pkg-plist /root/db4/pkg-plist
--- /usr/ports/databases/db4/pkg-plist	Sun Jan  5 05:43:18 2003
+++ /root/db4/pkg-plist	Mon Jan  6 10:41:10 2003
@@ -860,7 +860,6 @@
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/transapp
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/test
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/tcl
-%%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/splash
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/simple_tut
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/sendmail
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/doc/db4/ref/rpc