Hi James, I think you want to use "sudo port -v sync" (the -v before sync).
This will take a LONG time the first time you pull down the git repo. As long as you see ports/subports being added and the terminal scrolling you're fine. Regards, John On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 2:44 AM James <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been building mythtv from John Hoyt's script (it uses macports > extensively). > I have made a successful build but there we minor isssues > > on redoing I forgot to sync with git, with rsync update the build failed > with a missing file. I followed > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SyncingWithGit > uninstalled all ports > $ sudo port -fp uninstall installed > > and ... > > ws102:sources jam$ ls -l > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 jam admin 64 25 Dec 23:03 github.com > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 23 Dec 22:57 rsync.macports.org > ws102:sources jam$ git clone > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports.git > github.com/macports/macports-ports/ > Cloning into 'github.com/macports/macports-ports'... > remote: Enumerating objects: 1375190, done. > remote: Counting objects: 100% (278/278), done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (143/143), done. > remote: Total 1375190 (delta 115), reused 251 (delta 104), pack-reused > 1374912 > Receiving objects: 100% (1375190/1375190), 326.20 MiB | 2.12 MiB/s, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (788236/788236), done. > Updating files: 100% (24358/24358), done. > ws102:sources jam$ sudo port sync -v > Password: > ---> Updating the ports tree > > Now waits for ever > > Can anybody guide me please > James
