mac ports error

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 06:09:25PM -0500, Tim Eberhard said:
> All,
> 
> I've checked the faq and known issues as well as searched google for this
> problem, but I was wondering if anyone else is encountering this issue.
[...]
> Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes?
> DEBUG: Synchronizing ports tree(s)
> Synchronizing local ports tree from
> http://www.macports.org/files/ports.tar.gz

So you're using the tarball method for source; sounds like #21034:

<http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21034>

You might want to build from source, using the release_1_8 branch so you get
this fix (which will be in 1.8.1); you can check out the branch with

$ svn co http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/branches/release_1_8

Then you can follow the guide's instructions on using an svn install:

<http://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.subversion>

Bryan

[...]
> 
> I would appreciate any input and advise on how to fix this. I already
> uninstalled all my previous ports and I would *really* like them back :)
> 
> Thanks,
> -Tim Eberhard