Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2012, at 18:27, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>
>> So if I `sudo cp -R /opt/local/macports` to a suitable location
>
> There's no such directory in a standard MacPorts install... There is
> /opt/local/etc/macports, /opt/local/share/macports, and
> /opt/local/var/macports.
>
Yeah, sorry my mistake. I left off the `/etc`
>> & use
>> the ports installed file (I regularly take a snapshot of ports installed
>> via `port -qv installed > myports.txt`) that should give me a head start
>> in case alarm bells start to toll?
>
> By saving the list of installed ports, should your MacPorts installation
> become so garbled that the "port" command can no longer run or can no longer
> read the registry of installed ports, you could nuke your MacPorts install
> using the uninstallation instructions in the Guide, and then use the
> reinstallation script on the Migration page to reinstall the ports based on
> the myports.txt file.
>
>
>> I'll also study the migration page although Snow Leopard is where I get
>> off the train as far as OS X is concerned.
>
> I mentioned the Migration page not because you're migrating between OS
> releases but because it discusses how to reinstall a set of ports, which is
> what you asked how to do.
Again, apologies. Still a bit miffed about the direction Apple have
taken as it's of no use to me. But I've been using a Mac since 1987 &
I'm sorry to see "our relationship" end. Be a lot cheaper for me now
though :-)
Thanks to everybody for their help,
Cheers,
Phil...
--
But masters, remember that I am an ass.
Though it be not written down,
yet forget not that I am an ass.
Wm. Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
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