[MacPorts] #52569: port -v selfupdate fails

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#52569: port -v selfupdate fails
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 Reporter:  herminio.hernandezjr@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect                  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal                  |  Milestone:
Component:  ports                   |    Version:  2.3.4
 Keywords:  selfupdate rsync        |       Port:
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 I installed macports on a PowerMac G5 running 10.5.8. When I try to update
 the ports tree I get this:

 {{{
 herminio-hernandezs-power-mac-g5:~ herminiohernandez$ sudo port -dv
 selfupdate
 DEBUG: MacPorts sources location:
 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
 --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync

 Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de.
 Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.

 Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de.
 Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.


 receiving file list ... rsync: link_stat "/tarballs/base.tar" (in release)
 failed: No such file or directory (2)
 done

 sent 4 bytes  received 9 bytes  5.20 bytes/sec
 total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
 rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at
 /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-35.2/rsync/main.c(1400) [receiver=2.6.9]
 Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after
 rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar
 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
 Exit code: 23
 DEBUG: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
     while executing
 "macports::selfupdate [array get global_options] base_updated"
 Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
 To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
     http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
 Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing
 MacPorts sources: command execution failed
 }}}

 What am I missing?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52569>
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