[MacPorts] #25383: sudo port -v selfupdate fails

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#25383: sudo port -v selfupdate fails
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 Reporter:  hasane@…                 |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.9.1                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by hasane@…):

 Replying to [ticket:25383 hasane@…]:
 > Hasan-Edains-MacBook-Pro:~ hasanedain$ sudo port -v selfupdate
 > Password:
 > list element in quotes followed by ">" instead of space
 >     while executing
 > "lindex $entry 0"
 >     (procedure "_mports_load_quickindex" line 32)
 >     invoked from within
 > "_mports_load_quickindex"
 >     (procedure "mportinit" line 522)
 >     invoked from within
 > "mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
 > Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, list element
 in quotes followed by ">" instead of space
 >
 >
 > I used the MacPorts-1.9.1.pkg on my Macbook Pro running OSX 10.6.4
 > XCode version 3.2.3 (4.0 SDK)
 >
 > I get the same error when I try to install another package.
 >
 > In my search I found defect 322 which was closed 7 years ago as being
 invalid.
 >
 > I have tried to add a URL to my /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf as
 specified by: http://www.rabbitmq.com/macports.html
 >
 > I did this in a visual text editor, and it is possible I introduced non-
 visible characters in doing so. I have since removed the line, and
 reinstalled macports, but that file may not be re-ritten in an install?

 I have double checked the sources.conf. I had not introduced hidden
 characters, but there was a url that once commented out seems to work.
 http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirrors

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