Older version of mysql starting up after Mavericks upgrade

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> Hi, I just upgraded my mac to mavericks. Then I had to reinstall macports from the dmg to get it to work.

You need to follow the Migration instructions when changing the operating system out from under MacPorts.
http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

> Now I have two problems: 
> 
> 1) An older version of MySql launches. Guess it should have been deleted at a previous stage. The old one is here:
> /opt/local/var/run/mysql5
> 
> The macports version is here:
> /usr/local/mysql-5.6.10-osx10.7-x86_64


Really? MacPorts in /usr/local?


> How do I get the newest one to launch instead of the old one.?
> 
> This problem might be related to this other problem:
> 
> 2) sudo port upgrade outdated
> reports an error at configuring db46
> 
> config.log says:
> configure:4851: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_db46/db46/work/db-4.6.21/build_unix':
> configure:4853: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> 
> Found some hints on installing command-line-tools, which I did with xcode-select --install
> However, with the same result.

Probably all your problems will go away after following Migration.