Change some wording on MacPorts install page...?

Randall Wood rhwood at mac.com
Wed Apr 11 01:47:48 PDT 2007


done.

On 10 Apr 2007, at 13:14, Christian Bonanno wrote:

> I think it would be helpful to change something on Part 5 of the  
> macports install page:
>
> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts
>
> It says:
>
> Open a terminal window.
> Execute the MacPorts selfupdate command.
> port selfupdate
> or for verbose output:
> port -d selfupdate
>
>
> Adding "sudo" would help us newbies and make it a pleasurable  
> experience:
>
> Open a terminal window.
> Execute the MacPorts selfupdate command.
> sudo port selfupdate
> or for verbose output:
> sudo port -d selfupdate
>
>
> Without the "sudo" one gets:
> rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/subversion- 
> javahlbindings/.Portfile.oow5Yw" failed: Permission denied (13)
> rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/python/py- 
> fpconst/.Portfile.16crKY" failed: Permission denied (13)
> rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/python/py25-mx- 
> experimental/.Portfile.8Cp6g4" failed: Permission denied (13)
>
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