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

[Carlo Tambuatco]

But the doesn't the -u option do exactly what is in the migration guide?
ie: uninstall old ports in favor of the new upgraded version? What's the
difference?

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
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> 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>
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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>
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>>> Well yes, you do not have to reinstall everything after removal. The
>>> important bit is the removal step... ;)
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>> 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 sudo port -u upgrade outdated.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 That should get rid of all outdated ports built for earlier platforms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?
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> Yes. Following a major OS upgrade you are suppose to do what it says in
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