Migration from Mavericks to El Capitan failed

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Oct 10, 2016, at 3:55 AM, list_email at icloud.com wrote:
> 
> I’m trying to upgrade MacPorts after upgrading my OS from Mavericks to El Capitan. (My computer is too old for Sierra.) I followed the migration instructions at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration but the process related to the line 
> 
> sudo ./restore_ports.tcl myports.txt
> 
> generated a lot of errors. I have no idea what to do next. I’ve attached the large Terminal output.
> 
> Jerry
> <MacPorts upgrade Terminal output.txt.zip>

The log shows you encountered the error "too many open files" while running ./restore_ports.tcl. This is probably:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50986

Please try installing fewer ports at once.