rsysnc

Hi All, I haven't been active with ports lately... but recently I needed a gnome port. I thought the rsync was the easiest way to get just the few ports I needed. I added the small script to the /etc/ports but I get an error message "link_stat .. no file found etc." I then updated the scripts for core just to test it and I get the same error... I never edited my rsync.conf file ..but it worked before What am I doing wrong .. or what have I overlooked? I appreciate your help!! Thanks