View the most recent changes for the xping port at: xping.darwinports.com/diff
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xping.
The raw portfile for xping 1.9 is located here:
http://xping.darwinports.com/dports/x11/xping/Portfile
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The xping Portfile 56061 2009-08-24 00:33:19Z ryandesign macports.org $
PortSystem 1.0

Name: xping
Version: 1.9
Revision: 2
Category: x11
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: 'ping' an Xserver
Long Description: A simple tool to determine if an X11 server is running.
distfiles xping.c
universal_variant no
depends_lib port:xorg-libX11

fetch {}
extract { file mkdir ${worksrcpath}
file copy ${filespath}/${distfiles} ${worksrcpath} }
use_configure no

build { system "cd ${worksrcpath} && cc ${distfiles} -Wall -I${prefix}/include -L${prefix}/lib -lX11 -o xping" }

destroot { system "install -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/xping ${destroot}/${prefix}/bin/" }

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/xping
%  sudo port install xping  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching xping
--->  Verifying checksum for xping
--->  Extracting xping
--->  Configuring xping
--->  Building xping with target all

--->  Staging xping into destroot

--->  Installing xping

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using xping with these commands:

%  man xping
%  apropos xping
%  which xping
%  locate xping

 Where to find more information: