But the doesn't the -u option do exactly what is in the migration guide?
ie: uninstall old ports in favor of the new upgraded version? What's the
difference?

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
>
>
> On 19 Oct 2014, at 7:30 pm, Carlo Tambuatco <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 19 Oct 2014, at 7:23 pm, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Well yes, you do not have to reinstall everything after removal. The
>>> important bit is the removal step... ;)
>>
>>
>> But the thing you complained about was exactly "remove or reinstall (...)
>> as you see fit". It was not admitting to other possibilities, just saying
>> you could choose to remove something instead of rebuilding it.
>>
>>
>> I read it as though the 'as fit' was applying to the whole process, so
>> leaving the old ports as is, built for the old OS, was an option. That was
>> the part I was commenting on. If that is not what was intended, then my
>> mistake.
>>
>>
> Whenever I do a port upgrade I use the -u option ie:
> sudo port -u upgrade outdated.
>
>
>
> That should get rid of all outdated ports built for earlier platforms
> shouldn't it? Am I missing something?
>
>
> Yes. Following a major OS upgrade you are suppose to do what it says in
> the migration guide...
>
>
>
>>
>> --
>> brandon s allbery kf8nh                               sine nomine
>> associates
>> [email protected]
>> [email protected]
>> unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad
>> http://sinenomine.net
>>
>>
>
_______________________________________________
macports-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Reply via email to