[MacPorts] #53414: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed

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#53414: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command
execution failed
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  Reporter:  gkshenaut  |      Owner:
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  base       |    Version:  2.3.5
Resolution:             |   Keywords:
      Port:             |
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Comment (by neverpanic):

 Thanks for the report. See also https://lists.macports.org/pipermail
 /macports-dev/2017-January/035306.html.

 This happens because we fail to correctly sync symlinks from our folder-
 based rsync source. This rsync source is, however, not the default since a
 few versions and does not offer signed downloads of the MacPorts source
 code. You should compare your `/opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf` to
 `/opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf.default` and ensure that rsync_dir
 ends with `release/tarballs/base.tar` instead of `release/base`, which
 should solve this issue.

 Since you seem to be using the default mirror, you should be able to
 comment the `rsync_server` and `rsync_dir` directives which will cause
 MacPorts to fall back to the default, which is
 `release/tarballs/base.tar`.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/53414#comment:1>
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