> On Dec 28, 2016, at 17:54, MacPorts <nore...@macports.org> wrote: > > Page "Migration" was changed by adfernandes > Diff URL: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration?action=diff&version=98> > Revision 98 > Comment: Add a 'troubleshooting' note for when the restore uses too many open > files. > Changes: > -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<-------- > Index: Migration > ========================================================================= > --- Migration (version: 97) > +++ Migration (version: 98) > @@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ > sudo port install portname +variant1 +variant2 … > }}} > Note that if you have specified variants which are not the default, you may > need to install ports in an order other than the alphabetical order recorded > in `myports.txt`. You may skip explicitly installing ports that you did not > request as long as they are not using non-default variants, since they will > be installed as dependencies of other ports. > + > +Another potential problem is that the `restore_ports.tcl` command may fail > with a `Too many open files` error message. Under macOS Sierra, the default > shell has a default `ulimit` of 256 open files. The solution is to restore > the ports with a slightly modified command: > +{{{ > +sudo bash -c "ulimit -n 4096; ./restore_ports.tcl myports.txt" > +}}} > +This will raise the file limit for the duration of the `restore_ports.tcl` > command.
This was https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50986 which will be fixed in MacPorts 2.4.0. It looks like a simple enough fix that it could probably be backported to the 2.3 branch if we do a 2.3.6 release.
