updating a very old Macports install

Bruce J. Carter cerfdog at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 10:48:17 PST 2015


Ok I have followed the directions, everything goes along fine for a bit, then I get a registry lock error and have to manually instal the problem package, it does not do it to every package, but I have to babysit it. I also have to comment to package out of the package list to prevent the exclusive registry lick error.

Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance for your time and assistance!

Cheers,

Bruce...

> On Feb 11, 2015, at 15:55, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2015, at 15:32, Bruce J. Carter wrote:
>> 
>> I need some suggestions or ideas, I've been trying upgrade a Macports install that's at least 3 years old, there has been two OS upgrades in between (Mavericks & Yosemite). I get to a certain point and I get errors. Some errors I've been able to over come, but I am stuck at this point, I have a bunch of built ports that won't install that are inactive. I am trying to avoid cleaning and reinstalling everything.
> 
> We typically leave port upgrade paths in place for one year, so you should upgrade your ports at least that often, and hopefully much more frequently. 
> 
> Base upgrade paths stay in place for years. 
> 
> The upgrade process when you change the OS X version is to uninstall MacPorts and all ports, then reinstall:
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
> 
> If that's what you're trying to do and you're running into problems, let us know what they are.


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