On a clean macports install, I receive "can't read "prefix": no such variable"

[josephwinston (Joseph Winston)]

OS: High Sierra (up to date) Macports: clean install

` port -v selfupdate ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync

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Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de. Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.

receiving file list ... done

sent 16 bytes received 55 bytes 28.40 bytes/sec total size is 85608960 speedup is 1205760.00

Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de. Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.

Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de. Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.

receiving file list ... done

sent 16 bytes received 62 bytes 52.00 bytes/sec total size is 512 speedup is 6.56 MacPorts base version 2.5.4 installed, MacPorts base version 2.5.4 downloaded. ---> Updating the ports tree Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar

Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de. Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.

Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de. Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.

receiving file list ... done ./

sent 68 bytes received 99 bytes 66.80 bytes/sec total size is 69404160 speedup is 415593.77 Creating port index in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports Failed to parse file archivers/xz/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file databases/db48/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Adding port databases/dbeaver-community Failed to parse file databases/gdbm/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file databases/sqlite3/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/gettext/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/gperf/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/icu/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/libedit/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/ncurses/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/pkgconfig/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file devel/readline/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file lang/perl5/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file lang/python27/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Adding port security/xca Failed to parse file textproc/libiconv/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable Failed to parse file textproc/libxml2/Portfile: can't read "prefix": no such variable

Total number of ports parsed: 17 Ports successfully parsed: 2 Ports failed: 15 Up-to-date ports skipped: 21690

---> MacPorts base is already the latest version

The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run

port upgrade outdated

jbw-macbook-pro:~# port upgrade outdated Nothing to upgrade. jbw-macbook-pro:~# port install bash ---> Computing dependencies for bash Error: Dependency 'gettext' not found. Error: Follow ​https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug. Error: Processing of port bash failed jbw-macbook-pro:~# port install gettext Error: Port gettext not found jbw-macbook-pro:~# port install gettext `