#34298: macports selfupdate fails on Mac os lion -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: ahelfer1971@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.4 Keywords: | Port: -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment(by support@…): I too am getting the same error: Xcode: 4.3.2 OS X: 10.7.3 $ port version Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider using selfupdate Version: 2.0.4 $ sudo port -d selfupdate Password: DEBUG: Copying /Users/sikoram/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist to /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences DEBUG: MacPorts sources location: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync @ERROR: chdir failed rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/main.c(1398) [receiver=2.6.9] shell command "/usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs" returned error 5 DEBUG: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: shell command failed (see log for details) while executing "macports::selfupdate [array get global_options] base_updated" Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: shell command failed (see log for details) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34298#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS