port selfupdate fails with rsync connection refused

[breiter (Brian Reiter)]

Seems like rysnc daemon is dead or blocked.

$ sudo port -v selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Connection refused (61)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /AppleInternal/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-54.120.1/rsync/clientserver.c(106) [receiver=2.6.9]
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzvl --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs
Exit code: 10
$ ping rsync.macports.org
PING ftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.12.211): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 131.188.12.211: icmp_seq=0 ttl=39 time=211.640 ms
64 bytes from 131.188.12.211: icmp_seq=1 ttl=39 time=222.727 ms
64 bytes from 131.188.12.211: icmp_seq=2 ttl=39 time=217.972 ms
64 bytes from 131.188.12.211: icmp_seq=3 ttl=39 time=209.459 ms
^C
--- ftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 209.459/215.450/222.727/5.237 ms
PING rsync.macports.org:873
error connecting to host: Connection refused
error connecting to host: Connection refused
error connecting to host: Connection refused
error connecting to host: Connection refused
^C--- rsync.macports.org:873 ping statistics ---
4 connects, 0 ok, -400.00% failed
round-trip min/avg/max = 999999999999999.0/nan/0.0 ms

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

#60590