Upgrading to Lion - having problems with migration instructions

[Scott Webster]

So the migration instructions don't apply to Lion, right?

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Jeremy Huddleston
<jeremyhu at macports.org> wrote:
> You should be able to just do:
>
> 1) Install Lion
> 2) Install XCode
> 3) sudo port selfupdate
> 4) sudo port upgrade outdated
>
> On Jul 23, 2011, at 16:10, Thomas Gederberg wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to upgrade to Lion and am trying to follow the instructions from the MacPorts Migration page (https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration) but the instructions are not very clear (at least to me).
>>
>> Under reinstall ports is says:
>>
>> 1. Save the list of installed ports:
>>
>>     port -qv installed > myports.txt
>>
>> 2. Uninstall all installed ports:
>>
>>    sudo port -f uninstall --follow-dependents installed
>>
>> 3. Clean any partially-completed builds and remove any archives:
>>
>>    sudo port clean --work --archive all
>>
>> First I assume the above steps should be done prior to installing Lion.
>>
>> Second, when I tried doing
>> sudo port clean --work --archive all
>>
>> I get the following error:
>> $ sudo port clean --work --archive all
>> Password:
>> Error: clean does not accept --archive
>>
>> I then tried it without the --archive command:
>>
>> $ sudo port clean --work
>> Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not find Portfile in /Users/tgederberg/Documents").
>> Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
>> To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
>>
>> Do I need to do this from a particular directory.  I tried doing it from /opt/local and still get the same error.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom - a MacPorts NuB
>>
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