Not sure where this is coming from, but with the 4.3.90, windows zipfile, running a pkg rebuild to get the package list on a fresh install produces:
>> pkg rebuild
warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
warning: called from
get_description at line 48 column 9
rebuild at line 52 column 12
pkg at line 539 column 25
warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
warning: called from
get_description at line 48 column 9
rebuild at line 52 column 12
pkg at line 539 column 25
warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
warning: called from
get_description at line 48 column 9
rebuild at line 52 column 12
pkg at line 539 column 25
warning: pkg: skipping invalid line in DESCRIPTION file
warning: called from
get_description at line 48 column 9
rebuild at line 52 column 12
pkg at line 539 column 25
warning: pkg: duplicate keyword "buildrequires" in DESCRIPTION, ignoring
warning: called from
get_description at line 59 column 11
rebuild at line 52 column 12
pkg at line 539 column 25
afterward the package list does seem correctly populated.