Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

[whiteexcaliber@…]

I've got this error.

$ port -v selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
receiving file list ... done
rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/.base.tar.sWMs0z" failed: Permission denied (13)
inflate returned -3 (19 bytes)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/token.c(419) [receiver=2.6.9]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (31 bytes received so far) [generator]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/io.c(453) [generator=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: 12
Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
Error: Follow http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Is this problem repeatable or did it just happen once?

[whiteexcaliber@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Is this problem repeatable or did it just happen once?

Thi s happens repeatedly.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Wait a moment, I see the error is "permission denied", and you show that you are not using "sudo" to run "port selfupdate", which you need to do.

sudo port -v selfupdate

[whiteexcaliber@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Wait a moment, I see the error is "permission denied", and you show that you are not using "sudo" to run "port selfupdate", which you need to do.

sudo port -v selfupdate

Ypu're right. It works.