sudo port selfupdate (was Re: http://www.macports.org/downloads/)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 13, 2006, at 22:25, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:

>> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/ 
>> DarwinPorts-1.3.1/
>>
>> Then do a "sudo port selfupdate" to get you to the latest version.
>
> After I install the package, I do "sudo port selfupdate" but get  
> the following message:
>
>> $ port install Pextlib
>> can't find package Pextlib 1.0
>>     while executing
>> "package_native require Pextlib 1.0"
>>     ("eval" body line 1)
>>     invoked from within
>> "eval package_native $args"
>>     (procedure "package" line 14)
>>     invoked from within
>> "package require Pextlib 1.0"
>>     (procedure "dportinit" line 311)
>>     invoked from within
>> "dportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
>> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize ports system,  
>> can't find package Pextlib 1.0
>
> Anything I missed on the way ?

I have seen several people report that. I do not understand it. There  
is this bug report:

http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/10682

Does anything in that ticket help you?