Migration from Mavericks to El Capitan failed

[Joël Brogniart]

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 01:55:18 -0700, 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

Try allowing more files to be opened with:

  ulimit -n 512

or

  ulimit -n 1024