Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Migration

Timestamp:

Sep 6, 2009, 10:39:14 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Comment:

Also uninstall perl ports before automatic upgrade; see #21069

Migration

@@ -32 +32 @@
  1. Uninstall the gawk, grep, and gsed ports (if installed), as many build systems will try to use them even if there is no dependency:
 {{{
-sudo port -f uninstall installed and \( gawk grep gsed \)
+sudo port -f uninstall installed and \( gawk grep gsed perl5 perl5.8 perl5.10 \)
 }}}
  2. Reinstall all installed ports:
@@ -38 +38 @@
 sudo port upgrade --force installed
 }}}
- 3. If you removed ports in step 1 and they have not been reinstalled yet, reinstall them now, if desired:
-{{{
-sudo port install gawk grep gsed
-}}}
+ 3. If MacPorts has not already reinstalled them, you can now reinstall any of the ports removed in step 1, if desired.
+
 Note that this method may sometimes fail if the dependency relationships declared by the ports are not completely accurate, or if ports other than gawk/grep/gsed are used opportunistically. If you encounter such a problem, please report it so we can fix it.