problem with upgrading macport installed packages

[Chris Jones]

Please post examples of the warning/error messages you are getting...

On 16/04/18 14:12, pagani laurent via macports-users wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just moved to the new 2.4.3 by running port selfupdate and tried to follow-up with a port upgrade outdated but it keeps stumbling on many ports claiming they were installed by third parties. Which is not the case and I did not uninstall Port either. So I don’t know why the upgrade keeps stumbling.
> I can force the activation and restart the upgrade but it repeatedly stumble, so this becomes tiresome.
> 
> The webpage suggests to uninstall everything and reinstall them but this seems a bit violent with the risk to forget a number of packages. Can’t we just tell Macports to force installation each time it is needed ?
> 
> Laurent
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