Error Synchronization of the local ports tree failed (Off Topic)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 21, 2011, at 20:34, Richard DeLaurell wrote:

> I am considering replacing my laptop with a new MacBook Pro, but
> am reluctant to lose my access to MacPorts with a new version of
> the OS.

If your new Mac has a different processor or OS version than your old Mac, then you will need to reinstall all ports. If you use Apple's Migration Assistant to migrate data from your old Mac to your new one, it will migrate your MacPorts installation, but you will then need to uninstall it and all the ports, and then reinstall. Instructions are in our wiki:

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration


> More accurately, I am too cheap to want to have to pay for
> XCode with a new system.
> 
> Do you mind if I ask, did your new MBP come with "Snow Leopard"?
> Did your installation DVD come with XCode?  If not, were you able
> to download it, gratis?


Xcode 3 is still free, the latest version of which (3.2.6) works fine on Snow Leopard. It's what I'm still using; I too see no reason to pay for Xcode at this time. Links to download free versions of Xcode are in our guide:

http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html