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<dt>Revision</dt> <dd><a href="https://trac.macports.org/changeset/120903">120903</a></dd>
<dt>Author</dt> <dd>cal@macports.org</dd>
<dt>Date</dt> <dd>2014-06-11 04:26:31 -0700 (Wed, 11 Jun 2014)</dd>
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<h3>Log Message</h3>
<pre>guide: using: rework selfupdate section</pre>
<h3>Modified Paths</h3>
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<li><a href="#trunkdocnewguidexmlusingxml">trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/using.xml</a></li>
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<h3>Diff</h3>
<a id="trunkdocnewguidexmlusingxml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4>Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/using.xml (120902 => 120903)</h4>
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<span class="info">--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/using.xml 2014-06-11 10:56:08 UTC (rev 120902)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/using.xml 2014-06-11 11:26:31 UTC (rev 120903)
</span><span class="lines">@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
</span><span class="cx"> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
</span><span class="cx"> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
</span><del>-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
</del><ins>+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
+<!ENTITY macports-prev-version "2.2.1">
+<!ENTITY macports-version "2.3.0">
+]>
</ins><span class="cx"> <chapter id="using">
</span><span class="cx"> <title>Using MacPorts</title>
</span><span class="cx">
</span><span class="lines">@@ -39,41 +42,53 @@
</span><span class="cx"> base, and upgrades it when necessary.</para>
</span><span class="cx">
</span><span class="cx"> <note>
</span><del>- <para>Selfupdate runs only on Mac OS X. If you are running MacPorts on
- another platform, you must use the <link
- linkend="using.port.sync">sync</link> action to update the ports tree; to
- update MacPorts base you must manually install a newer version from
- source.</para>
</del><ins>+ <para>Selfupdate is only tested on OS X. If you are running MacPorts on
+ another platform, <option>selfupdate</option> may not work correctly.
+ In this case, you should use the <link
+ linkend="using.port.sync">sync</link> action to update the ports
+ tree; to update MacPorts base you must manually install a newer
+ version from source.</para>
</ins><span class="cx"> </note>
</span><span class="cx">
</span><span class="cx"> <programlisting><prompt>%%</prompt> <userinput>sudo port selfupdate</userinput></programlisting>
</span><span class="cx">
</span><del>- <para>Use the debug flag for verbose output.</para>
</del><ins>+ <screen>
+---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
+MacPorts base version &macports-version; installed,
+MacPorts base version &macports-version; downloaded.
+---> Updating the ports tree
+---> MacPorts base is already the latest version
+</screen>
</ins><span class="cx">
</span><ins>+ <para>As always, you can use the debug flag for verbose output. This is
+ useful to debug problems with <option>selfupdate</option>.</para>
+
</ins><span class="cx"> <programlisting><prompt>%%</prompt> <userinput>sudo port -d selfupdate</userinput></programlisting>
</span><span class="cx">
</span><del>- <screen>DEBUG: Rebuilding the MacPorts base system if needed.
-DEBUG: Synchronizing ports tree(s)
-Synchronizing from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
-DEBUG: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
-receiving file list ... done
</del><ins>+ <para>If <option>selfupdate</option> detects that a newer version of
+ MacPorts base is available, it automatically updates the installed copy
+ of MacPorts base to the latest released version. In that case, you will
+ see this message:</para>
</ins><span class="cx">
</span><del>-[ ... trimmed ... ]
</del><ins>+ <screen>
+---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
+MacPorts base version &macports-prev-version; installed,
+MacPorts base version &macports-version; downloaded.
+---> Updating the ports tree
+---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version &macports-version;
+Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 755
+</screen>
</ins><span class="cx">
</span><ins>+ <para>If the <option>selfupdate</option> procedure fails you'll see
+ a message like this:</para>
</ins><span class="cx">
</span><del>-The MacPorts installation is not outdated and so was not updated
-DEBUG: Setting ownership to root
-selfupdate done!</screen>
</del><ins>+ <screen>Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed</screen>
</ins><span class="cx">
</span><del>- <para>If selfupdate detects that a newer version of MacPorts base is
- available, it automatically updates the installed copy of MacPorts base
- to the latest released version. In that case, you will see the upgrade
- Makefile execute, and when it finishes you will see this message:</para>
-
- <screen>DEBUG: Updating using rsync
-receiving file list ... done
-
-Congratulations, you have successfully installed the MacPorts system.</screen>
</del><ins>+ <para>Re-run <option>selfupdate</option> with the <option>-d</option>
+ flag to see all output generated by the build system. The output may give
+ you an idea why the build failed. If it doesn't, please <link
+ linkend="project.tickets">file a ticket</link> and attach the output
+ generated by <command>sudo port -d selfupdate</command>.</para>
</ins><span class="cx"> </section>
</span><span class="cx">
</span><span class="cx"> <section id="using.port.sync">
</span></span></pre>
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