On May 8, 2014, at 16:35, Jerry wrote: > I just upgraded my OS to 10.9 from 10.8 and am following the instructions for > migrating MacPorts at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration. > > I am considering using the "Automatically reinstall ports" suggestion whereby > a script is downloaded which script then works with a previously saved > myports.txt. If I do this, will the script install old versions of ports > which had not been active? I'm thinking that this might be a good time to do > some decrufting and I would like to consider these old inactive versions as > mostly cruft and not reinstall them.
MacPorts doesn't have the capability to automatically install older versions; it can only install the current version. There is a manual method for installing older ports, but this is probably a good time to clean up and only install the current versions of ports you need. > Also, I've been confused about binary versions--are there binary versions of > some ports and if so I would like to install them preferentially over > building from source. How do I discover the presence of a binary port and how > do I install it? MacPorts automatically checks for the existence of a binary and uses it if available. If not, it builds from source. There is no MacPorts command to determine in advance whether a binary is available. You can browse the directories at http://packages.macports.org if you want to investigate. Eventually I want to make this information more easily discoverable on the MacPorts web site. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
