selfupdate fails because rsync server is down

[bradjcox@…]

sudo port -v selfupdate
Password:
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-47/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=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: 10
Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
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Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

[mdeaudelin (Mathieu Deaudelin-Lemay)]

Not El Capitan-related. This seems to be a server issue, as I cannot reach rsync.macports.org either. Meanwhile, you can sync with the Subversion repository.

Duplicate of #49596?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Sure.