MacPorts OS X 10.6.2 install problem

[Kirk Stork]

Is the rsync port being blocked by your firewall?

If a blocked port is, in fact the problem, either 1) get it opened up, or 2) see the FAQ: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#selfupdatefails

hth  


On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:20 AM, Ian Roache wrote:

> Installed X11 and Xcode Tools on a MacMini in 10.6.2, then tried to install MacPorts !.8.2 using the package installer. Following a "port" command, I was presented with:
> 
> Warning: No default port source specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf, using last source as default
> Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes?
> MacPorts 1.8.2
> 
> 
> Thought I could solve this by way of a self update, which returned:
> 
> sudo port -dv selfupdate
> Password:
> Warning: No default port source specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf, using last source as default
> Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes?
> --->  Updating the ports tree
> DEBUG: Synchronizing ports tree(s)
> Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.opendarwin.org/release/ports/
> DEBUG: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.opendarwin.org/release/ports/ /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.opendarwin.org/release/ports
> rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync.opendarwin.org 873: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-37.3/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
> Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing rsync
> DEBUG: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
>    while executing
> "macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]"
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
> 
> 
> Being a UNIX noob, my next step is going to be to uninstall MacPorts and start again - unless there's a fix someone could help me with.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ian
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