Ahh…that helps greatly, thank you!
I notice that most, or even all, of the commands given it the “2.2.3 Git
install” directions at https://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.git
<https://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.git> require that I use
“sudo”, even though I’m on an admin account. For example, I had to do:
sudo mkdir -p /iopt/mports
and
sudo ./configure —enable-readline
sudo make
whereas the only commands listed in those directions indicate the need for sudo
only in “sudo make install”.
Am I doing something wrong?
> On 27 Jan2021, at 4:39 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Jan 27, 2021, at 15:36, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>
>> I don’t understand what it means to try using MacPorts master (2.6.99)
>> instead. You’re assuming far more knowledge or experience than I possess!
>>
>> Where on GitHub is that version? What do I do with it? If I install it, what
>> happens to all the ports I already installed under Big Sur 11.1 using 2.6.4?
>>
>> And the cited Comment 3 says that if that does not work, to set the number
>> of simultaneous pings lower, which is what I’m trying to do. So is the cited
>> line in file /opt/local/libexec/macports/lib/port1.0/fetch_common.tcl only
>> for this 2.6.99?
>
> Yes. The limit on the simultaneous number of pings was not added to MacPorts
> until after the currently released version 2.6.4.
>
> 2.6.99 (or anything .99) means the master in our repository.
>
> Instructions for building master from source are in the guide:
>
> https://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.git
>
> Nothing happens to your installed ports.
>
>
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