Creating the macports user

[Daniel J. Luke]

Run the installer (step 2 of the migration instructions).

essentially, you're going to run into problems if you don't follow the migration instructions.

> On Mar 3, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Kendall Shaw <kendall.shaw at workday.com> wrote:
> Actually, I would still like to know what information is needed to create the macports user since I have to wait until an appropriate time to go through the migration steps.
> 
> Kendall
> 
> From: <macports-users-bounces at lists.macosforge.org> on behalf of Kendall Shaw <kendall.shaw at workday.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 1:02 PM
> To: "macports-users at lists.macosforge.org" <macports-users at lists.macosforge.org>
> Subject: Re: Creating the macports user
> 
> I also installed Xcode and it’s command line tools and it’s the macos version and the same architecture 
> 
> But, I think I’ll just follow the procedure you site there. Thanks.
> 
> Kendall
> 
> From: Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 12:58 PM
> To: Kendall Shaw <kendall.shaw at workday.com>
> Cc: "macports-users at lists.macosforge.org" <macports-users at lists.macosforge.org>
> Subject: Re: Creating the macports user
> 
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Kendall Shaw <kendall.shaw at workday.com> wrote:
> I copied macports files from a hard drive onto a new mac. It’s been a while but I think I just copied /opt/local.
> 
> That's far from sufficient. Other things you would be missing include startupitems for installed ports, native apps (which are under /Applications/MacPorts), etc. See https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

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Daniel J. Luke