[MacPorts] #49086: Bad user experience if user forgets to save a list of requested ports before OS upgrade

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#49086: Bad user experience if user forgets to save a list of requested ports
before OS upgrade
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  Reporter:  macports@…   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:  2.3.4
Resolution:  invalid      |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by graziosi.angelo@…):

 Replying to [comment:3 ryandesign@…]:
 > You are welcome to "migrate" a slightly different way (this is what I
 did last year when I updated from Mavericks to Yosemite): upgrade OS X,
 install new Xcode, reinstall MacPorts base, but do not uninstall all
 ports. Instead, use "sudo port upgrade" to upgrade the outdated
 ports—which will be all of them. Some ports will fails to build for the
 reasons you mentioned, but the previous versions might continue to work.
 There are other reasons why these upgrades might fail, including that you
 might have to upgrade ports in a particular order. If you encounter an
 error, carefully read the error messages in the main.log and see if it
 might point to a particular port that you should upgrade first.
 >
 > If you want a smooth upgrade experience, you should wait before
 upgrading OS X and not upgrade on day 1... Give us some time to fix the
 issues first.

 Sorry, but I am not subscribed there...
 > If you'd like to discuss further, the macports-users mailing list is a
 better place than in a ticket.

 OK, the users could refrain from upgrading to the new OSX but this does
 not resolve the basic problem.

 Yesterday I followed your suggestion, and did a smooth upgrade



 {{{
 sudo port upgrade xz
 sudo port upgrade harfbuzz
 sudo port upgrade libtheora
 sudo port upgrade iTerm2
 sudo port upgrade atool
 sudo port upgrade aspell
 sudo port upgrade aspell-dict-en
 sudo port upgrade aspell-dict-it
 sudo port upgrade dos2unix
 sudo port upgrade unrar
 sudo port upgrade lftp
 sudo port upgrade tesseract-eng
 sudo port upgrade tesseract-ita
 sudo port upgrade p7zip
 sudo port upgrade djvu2pdf
 sudo port upgrade pdf2djvu
 sudo port upgrade clamav
 sudo port upgrade allegro5-devel
 sudo port upgrade gv
 sudo port upgrade plotutils
 sudo port upgrade xfig
 sudo port upgrade xorg-server
 sudo port upgrade root6
 sudo port upgrade at-spi2-core at-spi2-atk
 sudo port upgrade gdk-pixbuf2
 sudo port upgrade emacs-mac-app
 }}}

 These were only requested packages and all have been upgraded. The only
 packages which failed were:


 {{{
 pdftk
 geant4 (qt4-mac)
 djview (qt4-mac)
 }}}

 It took more than 12 hours.. more then 12 hours to "upgrade" what already
 worked fine: installed under Yosemite and working under El Capitan. And
 this only because MacPorts says:


 {{{
 cloog                          0.18.3_0 < 0.18.3_0  (platform darwin 14 !=
 darwin 15)
 djview                         4.10_0 < 4.10_0  (platform darwin 14 !=
 darwin 15)
 gcc47                          4.7.4_5 < 4.7.4_5  (platform darwin 14 !=
 darwin 15)
 [...]
 }}}

 I think we should have only "one" installer, MacPorts-2.3.4.pkg, and only
 packages which do not depend on darwinXY,


 {{{
 emacs-mac-app @5.9_0+imagemagick+rsvg.darwin.tbz2
 [...]
 }}}

 After a new OSX release if there is some package that do not work, it
 would be upgraded when the fix has been found.. without constrain the
 users in upgrading what really already works..

 Ciao,
  Angelo.

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