curl - can't upgrade on 1.52 MacPorts

[Chris Janton]

attempts to upgrade curl on 10.3.9 server running MacPorts 1.52 fail

admin at x:admin:122 $ sudo port sync
admin at x:admin:123 $ port outdated
The following installed ports are outdated:
curl                           7.18.1_1 < 7.18.1_2
sqlite3                        3.5.4_0 < 3.5.8_0
admin at x:admin:124 $ sudo port upgrade curl
Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "use_parallel_build"

admin at x:admin:125 $ sudo port selfupdate
MacPorts base version 1.520 installed
Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.600
Configuring, Building and Installing new MacPorts base
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: selfupdate failed: Error installing new  
MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/ 
rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local -- 
with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-tclpackage=/ 
Library/Tcl && make && make install" returned error 2
...

Still can't bring the 10.3.9 system up to MacPorts 1.6 (and no, I  
really don't have the option of upgrading the 10.3.9 system to 10.4)

8)
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