According to espie, 'sudo make' is a no-no in ports.
  
        http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20031205172730&mode=flat

Hence remove the convention from checklist.html -- this has been mailed to
bugs@, espie@ and nick@ -- no response and never committed.
  
  
Index: checklist.html
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RCS file: /usr/openbsd-cvs/www/checklist.html,v
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diff -u -r1.54 checklist.html
--- checklist.html      5 Dec 2003 10:22:47 -0000       1.54
+++ checklist.html      17 Dec 2003 19:47:33 -0000
@@ -382,8 +382,9 @@
 Keep repeating uninstall and reinstall until perfect.
 <em>Perfect</em> is when everything installs and uninstalls
 in its proper location.  `pkg_delete &lt;pkg_name&gt;' is
-used to uninstall.  `sudo make reinstall' is used to reinstall.  See the
-`pkg_create' man page for other commands that may be added
+used to uninstall.  `make reinstall' is used to reinstall
+(assuming you have SUDO configured in mk.conf; never use 'sudo make'
+in ports).  See the `pkg_create' man page for other commands that may be added
 to PLIST to ensure all is cleaned up.  After an uninstall the command:
 <pre>
 $ find /usr/local -newer w-${PKGNAME}${FLAVOR_EXT}/fake-${MACHINE_ARCH}[-${FLAVOR}]/.install_started -print