MacPorts 2.4.1 has been released

Al Varnell alvarnell at mac.com
Sun Feb 26 23:01:57 UTC 2017


On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Feb 26, 2017, at 12:26, Al Varnell wrote:
>> 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 .

Thanks.  Looks like I forgot to uncomment "release/tarballs/base.tar" in macports.conf on one of my boot drives the last time I switched.

-Al-






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