OK, Chris, it’s clear to me now. Thanks a lot again,
Artemio Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Oct 2022, at 20:24, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> On 25 Oct 2022, at 7:15 pm, Artemio González López <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> On 25 Oct 2022, at 20:09, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Theres no reason to wait for an official installer, the build from source >>> route works just fine, and once complete gives you functionally as good a >>> macports installation as the installer does. If you go this route, there is >>> also no need to reinstall once the official installer is out. >>> >>> Also, any ports you install, regardless of how you installed macports, and >>> perfectly valid and do not need reinstalling if you subsequently change (or >>> e.g. update at some later time) your macports installation. >>> >>> Cheers Chris >>> >>>>> On 25 Oct 2022, at 6:58 pm, Artemio González López via macports-users >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> I just upgraded to macOS Ventura, and would like to migrate my MacPorts >>>> installation accordingly. However, when following the instructions at >>>> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration I realized that the MacPorts >>>> installer for Ventura has not been released yet. My questions are the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> 1. Should I build MacPorts from source on my machine, or is it better to >>>> wait for the “official” installer? >>>> >>>> 2. Should I choose the latter option, would it be safe to keep using in >>>> the meantime the ports I have already installed (w/o trying to update >>>> ports or install new ones)? >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot in advance, and thank you for your great work, >>>> >>>> Artemio Gonzalez Lopez >>>> [email protected] >>>> >> >> >> Thanks a lot for your reply, Chris! If I understood correctly, even if I >> upgrade MacPorts to the latest version (compatible with Ventura), I don’t >> need to reinstall the ports I have previously installed under Monterey >> (macOS 12)? > > No, thats not what I said, sorry if it confused you. > > Whenever you upgrade your OS to a new major version you should always > reinstall your ports complete, as per the migration instructions. > > What I said was you do not need to reinstall your ports if you first install > them with a from source macports base install, but then switch to an > installer base install (or upgrade base) > > Chris > > >> >> Thanks a lot again, >> >> Artemio >> >>
