On 2 Mar 2021, at 12:56, Craig Treleaven wrote:
Hi:
My old computer, which was running OS X 10.10, failed and I’ve
replaced it with anew iMac running 10.15. The drive in the old system
was fine so I pulled it out and mounted it in an external enclosure so
I could recover my file using Migration Assistant.
Looking at the Migration instructions [1], I don’t quite fit any of
the mentioned scenarios.
Sure you do: it's a system upgrade. It just has the added quirk of your
MacPorts installation being under /Volumes/<OLD_DRIVE>/opt/local/ .
If you copy that entire directory to /opt/local on your new system, you
can then proceed as described on the Migration page. So, make this Step
0:
cp -a /Volumes/<OLD_DRIVE>/opt/local /opt/
If I try to get a list of requested ports, it fails thusly:
$ port echo requested
Error: Current platform "darwin 19" does not match expected platform
"darwin 14"
Error: If you upgraded your OS, please follow the migration
instructions: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
OS platform mismatch
while executing
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, OS platform
mismatch
OK, so it looks like you already did that copy, since you have (a wrong
version of) /opt/local/bin/port.
Do I just need to install the correct version of MacPorts for this OS
Yes. Step 2 on the Migration page.
The "port echo requested" command is Step 3(b) and you need to do all
prior steps prior to this.
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Bill Cole
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