MacPorts 2.4.1 has been released

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Feb 26, 2017, at 12:26, Al Varnell <alvarnell at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 04:45 AM, Joshua Root wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The MacPorts Project is pleased to announce the release of version
>> 2.4.1. This is a bugfix release with small changes only. See the
>> ChangeLog [1] for the list of changes.
>> 
>> If you already have MacPorts installed, the preferred method for
>> updating is to run:
>> 
>> sudo port selfupdate
>> 
>> For new installs, there are also package installers available for 10.12,
>> 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6 and 10.5 (10.6 is universal i386/x86_64; 10.5 is i386/ppc, the rest are x86_64) at [2]. The source is also available as tarballs compressed with gzip or bzip2, or from the git tag [3].
>> 
>> Detached PGP signatures for the disk images, packages and source
>> tarballs have been made with my key, which is available on the
>> keyservers and my MacPorts wiki page [4], the fingerprint being:
>> 
>> 0x01FF673FB4AAE6CD: C403 7936 5723 6DCF 2E58  0C02 01FF 673F B4AA E6CD
>> 
>> Josh
>> (on behalf of the MacPorts Port Managers)
>> 
>> [1] <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/release-2.4/ChangeLog>
>> [2] <https://www.macports.org/install.php>
>> [3] <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/tag/v2.4.1>
>> [4] <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/jmr>
> 
> Seem to be problems with the Seattle mirror again:
> 
> $ sudo port -v selfupdate
> --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
> ###############################################################################
> 
> This mirror is managed by Pacific Northwest National Labratory. 
> It is located in Richland, WA. 
> 
> If you have any questions, or problems, please email:
> mirror at pnnl dot gov
> 
> ###############################################################################
> 
> 
> @ERROR: Unknown module 'macports'
> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/main.c(1398) [receiver=2.6.9]
> Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://sea.us.rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/sea.us.rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs
> Exit code: 5
> 
> 

I think the only problem is that you're trying to access an rsync module called "macports", and the Seattle mirror doesn't provide a module by that name.

According to https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirrors , we've never claimed that they provide a module by that name. Consult that wiki page for the correct settings to use for that mirror.

It would be nice if the Seattle mirror would add a module called "macports", since that is what we do on our primary server and recommend mirror operators do as well. Mirror operators may learn more by reading https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirroring .