Transferring complete MacPorts prefix to other Mac

[Ryan Schmidt]

We should keep this discussion on the mailing list as well. I'm forwarding your message there so others can read your response.


On May 9, 2011, at 07:21, Rodolfo Aramayo wrote:

> Ryan,
> 
> I tried this because I thought it was easier for me to set up ~10 machines this way. And yes I started the initial seed and continued the upgraded on the target machines after that. But, now, after reading your post carefully, I realize there are some things I did not do initially and that could explain the random crashes I consistently observe on the target machines during MacPorts upgrades
> 
> Based on the information you provided I will proceed to re-install everything from scratch on those machines. The problem is, I don't remember me testing if rsync preserves links during transfer, at least using the command I used (rsync -vazuE)
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> --Rodolfo