bug for installing Macports?

[Hector Zenil]

I ran the command you sent me and it seemed to work, at the end it
displayed that the installation was successful. However when I run it
I get this kind of error messages:

$sudo /opt/local/bin/port install
Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not
find Portfile in /opt/local/bin").
Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
(you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
outdated or installed expands to no ports).
Error: Unable to open port: Could not find Portfile in /opt/local/bin

$sudo /opt/local/bin/port install aspell-dict-en
Warning: Can't open index file for source:
rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/


On Jan 28, 2008 7:17 AM, Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpp at macports.org> wrote:
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>
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> On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:26 AM, Hector Zenil wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have installed both XCode Tools and X11 on my Mac and I am getting
> this failed message at the end of the installation:
>
>  Install Failed: "run postflight script"
>
>
> However it seems that it makes the install into the /opt directory so
> when I try to run it I get this another message concerning rsync:
>
> $maccomputer:~ userz$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install aspell-en
> Warning: Can't open index file for source:
> rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
> $maccomputer:~ userz$
>
> Is this a known bug for Leopard or am I missing something? I had this
> running fine on my Tiger installation, I just updated the OS. And I am
> beginning to regret it...
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>  As I recently replied to a similar thread:
>
>
>  If you installed MacPorts off any of our 1.6.0 pkg installers, then you
> experienced a known bug in the script that's supposed to set up your shell
> environment for the use with MacPorts: a shell type is not detected and
> therefore no actions are taken. Easiest way around it is to download the new
> one and run it manually:
>
> curl -O
> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/branches/release_1_6/base/portmgr/dmg/postflight
> && chmod +x postflight && sudo ./postflight
>
>  This will give you a MacPorts compatible environment by setting up your
> PATH, MANPATH and DISPLAY environment variables (you can read about how we
> do that at http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell). Please do let me
> know if you experience any problems, in which case sending me a compressed
> copy of your /var/log/install.log file would help a great deal.
>
>  Regards,..
>
>
> -jmpp
>



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Hector Zenil-Chavez
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Université de Lille I (Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale)
Université Pantheon-Sorbonne -Paris 1- (IHPST)
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