selfupdate via http?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 13, 2009, at 18:34, Ben Abbott wrote:

> I was under the impression that I could selfupdate via http by  
> changing my sources.conf as seen below.

>> #  To get the ports tree from the master MacPorts server in  
>> California, USA use:
>> #      rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
>> #  To get it from the mirror in Trondheim, Norway use:
>> #      rsync://trd.no.rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
>> #  A current list of mirrors is available at http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirrors
>>
>> # rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ [default]
>> http://www.macports.org/files/ports.tar.gz [default]

No, this only affects ports. Hence the word "ports" in the URL.

> While the change to http (from rsync) allows me to update the port  
> descriptions, updating the base fails.

>> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/ 
>> rsync-35.2/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
>
> As my corporate firewall has the ports for both rsync an cvs closed,  
> is there a way for me to keep my macports up to date?

You can download the MacPorts 1.8.1 source via http from the downloads  
area and compile it yourself. Or you can download the 1.8.1 disk image  
and install that; it will not adversely affect your installed ports or  
settings.