<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 25 Oct 2022, at 7:15 pm, Artemio González López <artemiog@mac.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 25 Oct 2022, at 20:09, Chris Jones <jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers Chris</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 25 Oct 2022, at 6:58 pm, Artemio González López via macports-users <macports-users@lists.macports.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>I just upgraded to macOS Ventura, and would like to migrate my MacPorts installation accordingly. However, when following the instructions at <a href="https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration">https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration</a> I realized that the MacPorts installer for Ventura has not been released yet. My questions are the following:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Should I build MacPorts from source on my machine, or is it better to wait for the “official” installer?</div><div><br></div><div>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)?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot in advance, and thank you for your great work,</div><br><div>
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<br></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>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)?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>No, thats not what I said, sorry if it confused you.<div><br></div><div>Whenever you upgrade your OS to a new major version you should always reinstall your ports complete, as per the migration instructions.</div><div><br></div><div>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)</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot again,</div><div><br></div><div>Artemio</div><br>
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