Migrating to Yosemite---cannot run 'port -qv installed' after OS upgrade

Chris Jones jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Sun Oct 19 11:33:05 PDT 2014





> On 19 Oct 2014, at 7:30 pm, Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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>>> On 19 Oct 2014, at 7:23 pm, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> Well yes, you do not have to reinstall everything after removal. The important bit is the removal step... ;)
>>> 
>>> But the thing you complained about was exactly "remove or reinstall (...) as you see fit". It was not admitting to other possibilities, just saying you could choose to remove something instead of rebuilding it.
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>> I read it as though the 'as fit' was applying to the whole process, so leaving the old ports as is, built for the old OS, was an option. That was the part I was commenting on. If that is not what was intended, then my mistake.
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> Whenever I do a port upgrade I use the -u option ie:
> sudo port -u upgrade outdated.

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> That should get rid of all outdated ports built for earlier platforms shouldn't it? Am I missing something?

Yes. Following a major OS upgrade you are suppose to do what it says in the migration guide...

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