Chris, Thanks, I have subversion 1.4 installed and had no problem checking out the tree. Would the following amended instructions work? 1. Checkout ports tree and place in standard MacPorts location: cd /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ svn co http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports \ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports 2. Manually update as needed: cd /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate svn up Seems like it would work, do you see any problems with doing it this way? Brian

1. Check out the ports tree in a useful location (e.g. /Users/Shared/ dports): cd /Users/Shared && svn co http://svn.macports.org/repository/ macports/trunk/dports dports

2. Edit ${prefix}/etc/ports/sources.conf to include: file:///Users/Shared/dports

3. Manually update as needed. cd /Users/Shared/dports && svn up

If you do not already have subversion in place, then you can even use the Finder to access the repository. However, that route is a bit more convoluted.

What do you already have available on your system?

Chris