What's the recommended series of command lines for that? Thanks! Darren
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Joshua Root <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2009-6-9 22:15, Tim Visher wrote: > > Hi Darren, > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Darren Weber<[email protected]> wrote: > >> What happens to a MacPorts installation when we install a distribution > >> upgrade to OSX, say Leopard to Snow Leopard? Do we need to backup the > >> MacPorts installation, or is the ${prefix} path immune to the upgrade? > What > >> about startup items (launchd or anything that violates the mtree)? > > > > I can't be sure technically but I've upgraded OS X for every release > > since MacPorts came out (Back when it was called DarwinPorts. Jaguar?) > > and I've never had to reinstall it. So, anecdotally I think you're > > safe. If you care very deeply you should of course back it up just in > > case. > > Both MacPorts base and each port are built for a specific major OS > version. Maybe they'll work acceptably on a newer version, maybe they > won't. The only safe option has always been to record your installed > ports, uninstall MacPorts entirely, install the correct base version for > your OS, then install your ports again. > > - Josh >
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