I did not solve this problem yet, too. I tried to: cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ and then: sudo portindex ...in order to get a proper PortIndex, but that did not help. Some days ago I changed the Portfile of an old version of pwm manually, but unfortunatly by pasting the text I added two lines of the mail to which the Portfile was attached, so that the Portfile was corrupted (I don't know anything about tcl). Later I uninstalled the old pwm-version with the force-option "-f". The new version works fine, by the way. But it may be that since that time something is inconsistent in my port system. "Sudo port selfupdate" does not help. Currently I read the Macports-Documentation at http://geeklair.net/ new_macports_guide/ (when ever I have time) to fix the problem. Greetings, Eckhard.