users confusing selfupdate and sync

[Jeremy Lavergne]

I've seen lots and lots of people suggesting the use of sync and never  
realizing that they weren't upgrading MacPorts.  I've found it rather  
frustrating because it does not seem to be getting better.

Is there a way we can better document this or perhaps change the  
functionality?

We could slip an option into sync so that it does selfupdate unless  
you pass it an argument (e.g., sync --portsonly).  This will not force  
users to be re-educated and it will provide the benefit of ensuring  
people are upgrading correctly.

Thoughts?

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