Error Synchronization of the local ports tree failed (Off Topic)

[Richard DeLaurell]

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 01:56:58PM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> If your new Mac has a different processor or OS version than your old Mac, then you will need to reinstall all ports. If you use Apple's Migration Assistant to migrate data from your old Mac to your new one, it will migrate your MacPorts installation, but you will then need to uninstall it and all the ports, and then reinstall. Instructions are in our wiki:
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

> [snip]  
> Xcode 3 is still free, the latest version of which (3.2.6) works fine on Snow Leopard. It's what I'm still using; I too see no reason to pay for Xcode at this time. Links to download free versions of Xcode are in our guide:
> 
> http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html


I didn't realize that Xcode 3 can bring MacPorts to Snow Leopard;
that's very good to know.

Satisfying my i5/i7 craving AND having MacPorts all at the same
time would be the best of all possible worlds.

Thanks for your help.

Richard DeLaurell