Port setrequesred $portname to set a package as requested. Most packages check for a confug rather than clobbering files. If you haven't had a problem during any upgrades then you are safe to restore prior to installing packages.
On March 21, 2014 5:24:27 PM EDT, Terry Barnum <te...@dop.com> wrote: >Thank you Jeremy. > >'port echo requested' doesn't return all the ports I've explicitly >requested. Notably, postfix is missing. Is there a way to >refresh/recreate this requested list? > >/opt/local/etc is where I thought port configurations would live but >wasn't sure. Do you think it would be best after reformatting and >installing 10.8 to install macports, then copy /opt/local/etc from >backups, then reinstall the ports? > >-Terry > >On Mar 21, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Jeremy Lavergne ><jer...@lavergne.gotdns.org> wrote: > >> I’d expect all configuration to be available in /opt/local/etc/ >> >> The list of packages is available either with `port echo requested` >or `port echo installed`, depending on your intention of installing >just what you wanted or making sure everything is back. >> >> The output of those `port echo …` commands can be used to tell >macports what to install: >> port install name1 @vers+variant name2 @vers+variant … >> >> On Mar 21, 2014, at 16:32, Terry Barnum <te...@dop.com> wrote: >> >>> I've got a MacPro3,1 that after updating from 10.6 to 10.7 has >intermittently been having its builtin Gb network interface go deaf. >Nothing short of a reboot can bring it back. I began suspecting >hardware and added a SmallTree NIC with their driver thinking that >would solve it, but after two days the machine went deaf again. >>> >>> So now I'm thinking that a reformat and clean install of 10.8 and >all macports might be the solution. This is an active mailserver with >many packages installed with macports (postfix, dovecot, antispam, >dspam, sieve, etc.) and I don't want to lose any of their >configurations. I have nightly CCC and hourly Timemachine backups. >>> >>> What's the recommended way to reinstall previously installed ports >(in 10.7) with all previous configuration onto a fresh system running >10.8? >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >> >> > >Terry Barnum >digital OutPost >http://www.dop.com _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users