Changes between Version 38 and Version 39 of Migration

Timestamp:

Jul 20, 2011, 5:42:07 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

jmroot (Joshua Root)

Comment:

add workaround for conflicting ports

Migration

@@ -34 +34 @@
 === Automatically reinstall ports (EXPERIMENTAL) === #automatic
 
-A script has been written to automate Step 4 above, though it is still experimental. If it fails, you will just have to do it manually.
+A script has been written to automate Step 4 above, though it is still experimental. If it fails, you will just have to do it manually. (But see workaround for conflicting ports below.)
 
 To use it, you will first need to run steps 1-3 as described above. Then:
@@ -43 +43 @@
 sudo ./restore_ports.tcl myports.txt
 }}}
+
+One known issue is that the script will fail if there are conflicting ports in the list. It's possible to have conflicting ports installed provided at most one of the conflicting set is active. If the script fails for this reason, you can delete one of the conflicting ports from myports.txt and then simply run the script again. You may need to do this multiple times if there are multiple conflicting ports listed.