Ian Grant wrote:
> I had been operating on the assumption that if I didn't do a selfupdate I 
> would get some sort of consistent picture of the ports tree, albeit not the 
> very latest.

It's a consistent snapshot, but that doesn't mean it's not broken. :-)

> Should I just be running a selfupdate every time, before I install any port?

Yes, `sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade outdated` before you
install anything new gives (in general) the best chance of success.

- Josh
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