Lost links to macPorts

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 23, 2009, at 14:22, Mine wrote:

> I have installed the latest version of macPorts.
> "port upgrade" gave me a list of outdated ports, but "sudo port  
> upgrade"
> gave the following error:
>
> Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not  
> find Portfile in /Users/mycomputer").
> 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 outdated or installed expands to no ports).
>
> Not sure how to solve this error.

You didn't tell it what port to upgrade. Use e.g. "sudo port upgrade  
zlib" to upgrade zlib. Or if you're sure you want to upgrade  
everything, you can try "sudo port upgrade outdated" to upgrade all  
outdated ports.