moving to new machine same arch

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 6, 2009, at 07:47, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:

> I have an intel c2d iMac and MacBook.
>
> I need to do some development on my MacBook using the same tools  
> that or on my iMac.
>
> Couldn't I just copy /opt and the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
> org.macports.* files to my MacBook?
>
> Do I need anything from /Library/TCL?
>
>
> I think there is something on the wiki or somewhere else. If someone  
> could point me to so docs that would be so helpful.
>
> I'm traveling with limited time to track this down.

I don't know if there is any documentation on this topic but it should  
work, assuming both machines are running the same Mac OS X version.  
You should copy all these directories, which I took from the uninstall  
instructions [1]

/opt/local
/Applications/MacPorts
/Library/Tcl/macports1.0
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.*
/Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg

This should give you a fully functional copy of your MacPorts  
installation on your second computer.

Depending on how you do the copy, I'm not certain the hardlinks  
MacPorts creates during activation will be preserved. If they aren't,  
it will take more disk space on the second computer, but shouldn't be  
a problem otherwise. If you want to fix this, I think you can just  
deactivate and then reactivate each port. You could probably do that  
all at once with "sudo port uninstall inactive && sudo port deactivate  
installed && sudo port activate installed" or something like that.


[1] http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#uninstall