Sorry again. In fact, the the problem seems to be the restrictive corporate network. I was able to run what is said in: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SyncingWithGit <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SyncingWithGit>
The “sudo port upgrade outdated” is running, but the question know is, how can I run in the future the equivalent to the older “sudo port selfupdate”? Thanks again, Martin ____________________________________ Dr. Martin Martinez-Ripoll Research Professor Emeritus xmar...@iqfr.csic.es Dept. of Crystallography & Structural Biology www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Spanish National Research Council www.csic.es > El 8 mar 2024, a las 10:18, xmar...@iqf.csic.es escribió: > > Dear Ryan, thanks a lot for your email. Answering to your questions… > > 1) You are right. The directory /opt/local/var has always been part of > MacPorts. In fact, I had a backup of the older version and, obviously this > directory was still there… The only important difference is that now this > /var directory contains a new subdirectory (called /macports), and not > existing in the older MacPorts version, that contains the following > subdirectories: > /build /distfiles /home /incoming /logs /registry /sip-workaround > /software /sources > and a file called pingtimes. Most of those subdirectories contain a lot of > directories and files... > > > 2) After typing "sudo port version” I get the following answer: > [iMac-de-Martin:~] xmartin% sudo port version > Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating them > by running 'port selfupdate'. > Version: 2.9.1 > > 3) I have no antivirus at all and in order to check if the problem arises > from any restrictive corporate network, I have conected the iMac to my handy > network. The result is exactly the same > > I hope this can help you to find out the way to solve the situation . In any > case, thanks for your effort. > > Martin > ____________________________________ > Dr. Martin Martinez-Ripoll > Research Professor Emeritus > xmar...@iqfr.csic.es <mailto:xmar...@iqfr.csic.es> > Dept. of Crystallography & Structural Biology > www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es > Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas > Spanish National Research Council > www.csic.es > > > > > > >> El 7 mar 2024, a las 21:26, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org >> <mailto:ryandes...@macports.org>> escribió: >> >> On Mar 7, 2024, at 06:30, Martin wrote: >> >>> I was running an older MacPorts version on my High Sierra and wanted to >>> upgrade the version just installing the newest one >>> (MacPorts-2.9.1-10.13-HighSierra.pkg >>> <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/v2.9.1/MacPorts-2.9.1-10.13-HighSierra.pkg>) >>> existing for my iMac. I did it and and it was made with getting no errors >>> or warnings. >> >> That should have successfully updated MacPorts base. >> >>> However, after this installation I only see that there appeared a new >>> directory called /opt/local/var/, but the existing executables are still >>> the old ones (the ones existing in the old /opt/local/bin directory. >> >> /opt/local/var has always been part of MacPorts. >> >> Are you saying that "port version" shows an earlier number than 2.9.1? If >> so, install the pkg again and note any error messages. >> >>> And when I try to run “sudo port selfupdate” I get the following error: >>> >>> ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync >>> Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed >>> Please run `port -v selfupdate' for details. >>> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing >>> MacPorts sources: command execution failed >>> >> >> There should be more information about why rsync failed. Probably it is a >> problem specific to your computer (e.g. restrictive antivirus software) or >> network (e.g. restrictive corporate network). If you can't fix your computer >> so that it can talk to rsync servers, see the section "Alternatives for >> syncing the ports tree without rsync:" at >> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto> >> >> >
