[MacPorts] Migration modified

[Umesh Singla]

Hi

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Arno Hautala <arno at alum.wpi.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Rainer Müller <raimue at macports.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Obviously we cannot give users instructions unless they go looking for
> > them. MacPorts will only be able to notice the OS has been upgraded
> > after the fact.
>
> Just as a message is sent to the user list when a new MacPorts version
> is posted, a message could be sent when a new OS is released that
> reminds users that migration will be required.
>
> I'm hoping however that eventually MacPorts will be able to upgrade
> itself and reinstall all ports following an OS upgrade?
>

Upgrading the port command is actually included in the migration script I'm
working on, after uninstalling all the ports. After upgrading macports, it
installs only requested ports since dependencies might differ with
platforms.

- Umesh
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