rsync warning in 'sudo port -v selfupdate' (code 24)

[William Davis]

On Nov 9, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Takashi Yoshida wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While I was running 'sudo port -v selfupdate', I saw something I  
> have never seen before.
>
> ...
> net/pen/
> net/pftp/
> net/pork/
> net/psi/
> net/roadrunner/
> net/rsync-devel/
> net/rsync-lart/
> net/rsync-lart/files/
> perl/p5-app-cli/
> file has vanished: "ports/mail/t-prot/.Portfile.LbLunj" (in release)
> IO error encountered - skipping file deletion
>
> sent 94 bytes  received 286305 bytes  22911.92 bytes/sec
> total size is 15801285  speedup is 55.17
> rsync warning: some files vanished before they could be transferred  
> (code 24) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-30/rsync/main.c(1161)
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the  
> ports tree: sync failed doing rsync
>
> Why did this happen? And can I just do another 'sudo port -v  
> selfupdate' to get things in order?
>
> Thank you and regards,
>
> --
> Takashi Yoshida
> tyoshida [at] mac [dot] com
>

I believe the (in release) is refering to the rsync server and means a  
new version of the file is in process of being put in place by the  
system.
This should clear up in a while by itself.

William Davis
frstanATbellsouthDOTnet
Mac OS X.5.0 Darwin 9.0.0
Mac Mini Intel Duo @ 1.86 GHz

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