On Mar 8, 2024, at 03:18, xmartin wrote: > > 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...
/opt/local/var/macports has also always existed (well, at least since the project was renamed to MacPorts) but it is usually hidden. If you are now seeing it in the Finder, then I guess the hidden flag has gotten unset somehow. It won't affect MacPorts functionality. You can hide it again if you wish. > 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 Great, so MacPorts was indeed successfully updated to 2.9.1, but the post-update sync failed to update your ports collection due to your rsync problem.
