> On Mar 1, 2017, at 17:07, Bradley Giesbrecht <pixi...@macports.org> wrote: > >> On Feb 28, 2017, at 9:54 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: >> >> I've just used Migration Assistant to migrate from one Sierra system to >> another. Since both systems are the same macOS version, I wasn't planning on >> following the Migration instructions in the wiki. (I was planning on >> rebuilding gmp, since I know it builds for a specific processor.) I ran into >> a problem that I haven't heard discussed before and I don't see addressed in >> the Migration instructions. >> >> The problem is that the Migration Assistant explained that it would relocate >> users' home directories to the /Users directory -- all those users accounts >> that MacPorts had created for the various ports I've installed over the >> years. (cyrus, postgres, rabbitmq, snort, squid, etc.) And also MacPorts' >> own macports user account. It not only moved the home directories into >> /Users, it also added the standard directories (Desktop, Documents, >> Downloads, Library, Movies, Music, Pictures) to each one, and edited the >> user account so that its NFSHomeDirectory attribute points to the new >> location. >> >> Obviously, I didn't want Migration Assistant to do any of that. But I didn't >> appear to be given much choice. For each user account, there was only a >> checkbox, which I kept checked because I wanted the users transferred to the >> new machine. I did not know what would happen if I unchecked the checkboxes: >> Would those user accounts and their home directories not be migrated? Would >> the user accounts be migrated without their home directories? Would the user >> accounts be migrated with the home directories kept in the original >> locations? >> >> It looks like MacPorts automatically recreates its home directory in the >> normal location, but does not update the NFSHomeDirectory attribute of the >> user account. >> >> What should users do if they are in this situation? Manually move each home >> directory back to where it belongs, delete the standard directories, and >> edit the user account's NFSHomeDirectory attribute? (That's a lot of work.) >> Is there anything users can do during or before migration to avoid this >> situation? > > I have no answer but building a port migration tool sounds like a good GSoC > 2017 project.
What do you think this tool should do?
