MacPorts gives an error

[rmasci@…]

I've tried a complete uninstall of macports, and every time I try to install or upgrade macports I get the same error:

rm-macbook:bin root# port upgrade outdated ---> Fetching ncursesw invalid syntax: should be "try body ?catch {type-list ?ecvar? ?msgvar? ?infovar?} body ...? ?finally body?" Log for ncursesw is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_ncursesw/main.log Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 To report a bug, see <​http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> rm-macbook:bin root# Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 To report a bug, see <​http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>