port selfupdate not working

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 8, 2012, at 20:36, James Benstead wrote:

> On running sudo port selfupdate I get the following error:
> 
> jims-mbp-2:default jim$ sudo port selfupdate
> --->  Updating the ports tree
> --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
> MacPorts base version 1.9.2 installed,
> MacPorts base version 2.0.4 downloaded.
> --->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.0.4
> Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl
> 
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command failed (see log for details)
> 
> I haven't attached the log file as I don't know where to find it. What's the best way to go about fixing this problem?

Run "sudo port -v selfupdate"