Main MacPorts mirror empty (was Re: "port -d selfupdate" failure with latest MacOS & Xcode)

[Forrest Aldrich]

On 5/30/25 2:17 PM, Bill Cole wrote:
> On 2025-05-30 at 13:49:26 UTC-0400 (Fri, 30 May 2025 13:49:26 -0400)
> John Wiggins via macports-users <johnwiggins at me.com>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> Using Xcode 16.4 with Command Line Tools for Xcode 16.4 on M1 Mac mini running macOS Sequoia 15.5 the self update gives the following error:
>> [...]
>> Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de.
>> Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.
>> Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de.
> NOTE: This is where 'rsync.macports.org' resolves to via 2 CNAMEs...
>
> If you desperately need an update to work for now, you will need to look for another MacPorts mirror and configure your installation to use it.
>
>> Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.
>> rsync: [sender] change_dir "/release/tarballs" (in macports) failed: Permission denied (13)
>> rsync(1647): warning: receiver has empty file list: exiting
> And if you go to https://ftp.fau.de you will see all of the mirrors served there, including MacPorts, but the MacPorts link gets a "403 Forbidden" error, which often just means the directory is gone.
>
> So this is a global error.
>

Chiming in here, seeing these errors locally that just presented today:

  port -v selfupdate
--->  Checking for newer releases of MacPorts
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time  Time  
Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent Left  Speed
100    63  100    63    0     0   1266      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- 
--:--:--  1285
MacPorts base version 2.10.7 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.10.7 available.
--->  MacPorts base is already the latest version
--->  Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from 
rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar.gz
Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de.
Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.
Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de.
Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.
rsync: [sender] change_dir "/release/tarballs" (in macports) failed: 
Permission denied (13)
rsync(29218): warning: receiver has empty file list: exiting
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzvl --delete-after 
--include=/ports.tar.gz --include=/ports.tar.gz.rmd160 --exclude=* 
rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ 
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/remote
Exit code: 23
Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing rsync
Error: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source failed
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe 
there is a bug.
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the 
ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source failed