Macports 1.8, creating my stable environment

Scott Haneda talklists at newgeo.com
Wed Sep 16 20:23:36 PDT 2009


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On Sep 16, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:

> Hello, I have a Power Mac Dual G5, it's current state is that I  
> develop on it, and have the 1.7 branch of MacPorts installed.
>
> I have no problems blowing away /opt/local and starting clean.   
> There are a few sites that I would back up, and a few databases I  
> would maintain, but outside of that, there is not a lot going on.
>
> I want to start using this as a main production machine, and  
> migrating old sites to it in an effort to retire some older machines.
>
> Should I update to 1.8, or would it be better to install clean?
>
> As it is now, my only needs are Apache2, MySql5, and php current.  I  
> just need to know that those things will build clean and without  
> trouble.  I can afford a few hours downtime on this machine as it is  
> now.
>
> What is your suggested course of action?  I have been reading some  
> reports of troubles here with 1.8, and want to make sure I am not  
> getting into a situation in which I will be stuck, or have to just  
> install 1.7 and go from there.
>
> Once I build this machine out, it would be best to not have to shove  
> 1.8 ontop of 1.7 just for the sake of being clean about it.



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