permission errors with "port upgrade outdated"

[Daniel Horwood]

On 16/04/2008, at 7:12 AM, Pete Crite wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm still having trouble installing Gnumeric, due to consistent  
> crashes from python, but I attempted to do a "port upgrade  
> outdated", just in case this would fix it.
>
> Now I'm getting a whole bunch of permission errors. e.g.
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: can't create directory "/opt/local/ 
> var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync 
> .macports.org_release_ports_devel_dbus": permission denied
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: can't create directory "/opt/local/ 
> var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync 
> .macports.org_release_ports_math_fftw-3": permission denied
>
> Probably something very simple?


With nothing better to suggest than the obvious...

Did you try "sudo port upgrade outdated" ?

Dan