MacPorts Fail to Install Package/Port

[Rainer Müller]

Gundala Viswanath wrote:
> Even my 'selfupdate' has problem:
> 
> gundalas-macbook-pro:~ ewijaya$ sudo port selfupdate
> Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing rsync
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the
> ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed

That seems like there is a network issue, e.g. rsync is blocked. You can
run 'sudo port -v selfupdate' (or even -d) for more details.

If rsync is blocked by your company or ISP for whatever reason, either
convince your administrator that rsync isn't harmful and there is no
reason to block it - or use alternatives provided over HTTP. Please see
these HOWTOs:

  * http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/PortTreeTarball
  * http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SyncingWithSVN

Rainer