Josh, > Not sure how you ran into that. Installing the new version of base must > be done as root as well, and it runs scripts that open the registry and > should trigger that upgrade.
Transcript from my terminal: Air > sudo port selfupdate ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync MacPorts base version 2.4.1 installed, MacPorts base version 2.5.0 downloaded. ---> Updating the ports tree ---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.5.0 Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755 Air > port outdated sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (8) while executing query: ALTER TABLE registry.ports ADD COLUMN cxx_stdlib TEXT while executing "registry::open $db_path" (procedure "mportinit" line 664) invoked from within "mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations" Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (8) while executing query: ALTER TABLE registry.ports ADD COLUMN cxx_stdlib TEXT Vincent
