selfupdate @2.3.5: failing to connect to rsync.macports.org

[jrubinator (Jonathan)]

I recently installed macports (version 2.3.5) to my Mac (OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5), but cannot sync my ports:

$ sudo port -d selfupdate
DEBUG: Copying /Users/jrubin/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist to /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences
DEBUG: MacPorts sources location: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Permission denied (13)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
Exit code: 10
DEBUG: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
    while executing
"macports::selfupdate [array get global_options] base_updated"
Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution 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: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

I have previously installed and updated XCode to the latest version (and agreed to the license). I have uninstalled and reinstalled MacPorts. Is there something I'm missing?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Since you are getting a "permission denied" error, my first question would be: what are the ownership and permissions of that directory, and every directory leading up to it? In other words, what is the output of:

ls -ld /opt /opt/local /opt/local/var /opt/local/var/macports /opt/local/var/macports/sources /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs 

Here's some sample output from a working system:

drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel  204 Sep 12 02:21 /opt
drwxr-xr-x  13 root  admin  476 Nov 22 23:52 /opt/local
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  admin  340 Nov 22 05:48 /opt/local/var
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 root  admin  510 Nov 16 13:27 /opt/local/var/macports
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Sep 12 02:21 /opt/local/var/macports/sources
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Sep 12 02:21 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Sep 12 02:21 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  170 Nov 22 23:49 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs

[jrubinator (Jonathan)]

Looks pretty similar, but there seems to be some extended permissions on /opt. I'm not sure what that implies:

GSG-01661:~ jrubin$ ls -ld /opt /opt/local /opt/local/var /opt/local/var/macports /opt/local/var/macports/sources /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs 
drwxr-xr-x@  5 root  wheel  170 Nov 22 12:00 /opt
drwxr-xr-x  11 root  admin  374 Nov 22 12:00 /opt/local
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Nov 17 00:15 /opt/local/var
drwxr-xr-x@  8 root  admin  272 Nov 22 12:00 /opt/local/var/macports
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Nov 22 12:00 /opt/local/var/macports/sources
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Nov 22 12:00 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  102 Nov 22 12:00 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin   68 Nov 22 12:00 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
GSG-01661:~ jrubin$ ls -ld@ /opt
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 root  wheel  170 Nov 22 12:00 /opt
	com.apple.FinderInfo	 32 
GSG-01661:~ jrubin$ 

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

First make sure that your network actually lets you connect to the host and it is not a firewall blocking access. Run this rsync command (intentionally without a target path) to get a listing of the remote files:

$ rsync rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar
...
-rw-r--r--     26,258,432 2016/11/16 19:10:13 base.tar

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This doesn't sound like a MacPorts bug. If you need further help resolving your network and/or permissions issues, please write to the macports-users mailing list.