On Feb 18, 2014, at 17:23, René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 2014, at 16:35, Clemens Lang wrote: >> >> later on when mixing this port with binaries built by our buildbot which >> expect the newer dependency version. So, in summary, don't use -p unless >> everything you do is download stuff (which is really the only reason why >> it's there in the first place). > > Hmmm, you've got a point. Don't think I ever ran into it but I'll remember > (off late on 10.6 it was too tempting to use -p). > >> You might be able to get around re-installing MacPorts itself by running >> sudo port -f selfupdate, which will make sure your version of MacPorts base >> is built on Mavericks and for Mavericks. >> ... > >> Safe yourself some trouble and follow migration. If you'd like to automate >> the process use the script from the "Automatically reinstall ports" ports >> paragraph at http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration#automatic. > > Things started out fine, but somehow I found myself with a 64bit-only > libiconv (despite the fact that the database told me I had the universal > variant, as requested), which of course gave problems. Couldn't figure out > how to force-reinstall the port, For future reference: sudo port -ns upgrade --force libiconv > so I uninstalled it, and then of course gnutar no longer worked. Long story > short, I'm following the migration guide now. > I presume the tcl "restore" script restores all ports in the input list, and > not only the most recent versions of the listed ports, so I'd have to > uninstall all inactive ports before generating the list if I don't want to > have to prune it by hand? MacPorts does not have the capability to re-install older versions of ports; if you want that you have to follow the instructions in the howto/InstallingOlderPort wiki page. So no, the instructions will only leave you with the latest version of each port, because that’s all that MacPorts knows how to install. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
