Trying to rebuild on 10.6

[Savory Michael]

Hi Mark

If you only have one machine, and that one is critical for you. Then I  
suggest you buy a USB external drive (available for around $60 now).  
Then you can clone your current install play with Snow Leopard and  
port upgrades until you are satisfied.

Restoration to your untouched system is then just a reboot away.

Once you are happy with the USB based system upgrade, then just clone  
it back to your internal drive.
That is how I manage all my upgrades/major changes.

Mike
  p.s. I use Super Duper for cloning  http://www.shirt-pocket.com/


On Sep 4, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Mark Hattam wrote:

>
> On 2 Sep 2009, at 15:26, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2009, at 22:41, Joshua Root wrote:
>>
>>> On 2009-9-1 11:06, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>> I updated the Migration page BTW. I have not tested the new  
>>>> instructions
>>>> so they may still need tweaking.
>>>
>>> With the instructions as written, "sudo port install grep" will fail
>>> because its dependencies have not been reinstalled yet.
>>
>> So it is. Thanks for fixing it. The new instructions to simply  
>> uninstall grep, gawk and gsed first seem correct to me. And if  
>> they're not, I'm sure somebody will let us know! :)
>
>
> Another day, another 4 hours wasted ...
>
> TimeMachine backup
> OS 10.6 install
> XCode install
> Macports install (for SnowLeopard)
>
> Follow the "Automatic method" instructions at
> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
>
> Last login: Fri Sep  4 21:34:34 on console
> iMac:~ mark$ sudo port -f uninstall installed and \( gawk grep gsed \)
>
> WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
> or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
> typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
>
> To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
>
> Password:
> --->  Unable to uninstall gawk 3.1.7_0, the following ports depend  
> on it:
> --->  	autoconf213
> Warning: Uninstall forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
> --->  Deactivating gawk @3.1.7_0
> --->  Uninstalling gawk @3.1.7_0
> --->  Unable to uninstall gsed 4.2.1_0, the following ports depend  
> on it:
> --->  	php5
> Warning: Uninstall forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
> --->  Deactivating gsed @4.2.1_0
> --->  Uninstalling gsed @4.2.1_0
>
> So ...
> iMac:~ mark$ sudo port upgrade --force installed
>
> sit back and wait ... not too long
>
> --->  Activating p5-locale-gettext @1.05_0
> --->  Cleaning p5-locale-gettext
> --->  Computing dependencies for help2man
> --->  Fetching help2man
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for help2man
> --->  Extracting help2man
> --->  Applying patches to help2man
> --->  Configuring help2man
> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure:  
> shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man 
> /work/help2man-1.36.4" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/ 
> opt/local/share/man --infodir=/opt/local/share/info " returned error 1
> Command output: checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
> checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 accepts -g... yes
> checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking for library containing dlsym... none required
> checking for module Locale::gettext... no
> configure: error: perl module Locale::gettext required
>
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>
>
> Which after some searching of tickets comes up looking like (plus a  
> few others marked as duplicates)
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20953
> resolution "wontfix"
>
> that's handy
>
> So as the Migration page says ... "please report it so we can fix  
> it." ...
>
>
> [[ TimeMachine'd it back to 10.5.8 ... why does Mail then insist on  
> reimporting mail ... which is exactly the same mail that it had on  
> the TimeMachine backup? Just adds another half hour to the process. ]]
>
>
>
> Mark
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