Help with a local port file

[Michael]

Solution:

cd ~/Documents/ports/
portindex

Note the "cd" command before the portindex command.


On 2018-06-16, at 3:51 PM, Michael <keybounce at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to use a local port file, and it's not working. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> bash-3.2# cat /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf
> # $Id: sources.conf 106803 2013-06-08 16:22:39Z larryv at macports.org $
> 
> # For proper functionality of various resources (port groups, mirror
> # sites, etc.), the primary MacPorts source must always be tagged
> # "[default]", even if switched from the default "rsync://" URL.
> 
> file:///Users/michael/Documents/ports
> rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default]
> bash-3.2# ls /Users/michael/Documents/ports/devel/
> .DS_Store  git/       
> bash-3.2# ls /Users/michael/Documents/ports/devel/git/
> total 16
> 8 .DS_Store     8 Portfile      0 files/
> bash-3.2# port dir git
> /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/git
> bash-3.2# 
> 
> It refuses to find my local port directory/port file
> 
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