failed synchro with selfupdate using svn version

[leclercfl@…]

macports was installed according to the section 2.3.3 (subversion install); after modifying the configuration file (/opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf) the following command is issued and a synchronization error is obtained.

% sudo port -v selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
receiving file list ... done

sent 36 bytes  received 69 bytes  23.33 bytes/sec
total size is 4925440  speedup is 46908.95
receiving file list ... done

sent 36 bytes  received 76 bytes  32.00 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 4.57
MacPorts base version 2.2.99 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.2.0 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from file:///opt/mports/trunk/dports
svn: OPTIONS of 'https://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk': Server certificate verification failed: issuer is not trusted (https://svn.macports.org)
Command failed: /usr/bin/svn update --non-interactive /Volumes/Ports/opt/mports/trunk/dports
Exit code: 1
Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing an svn update
Error: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

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