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.TH "PORT\-PLATFORM" "1" "2014\-10\-04" "MacPorts 2\&.3\&.99" "MacPorts Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
port-platform \- Print the OS version for which MacPorts was built
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBport\fR [\fB\-q\fR] \fBplatform\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This command prints the version of your operating system used to configure and build MacPorts\&. This value is used to detect OS updates and refer users to the \m[blue]\fBMigration\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2 instructions\&.
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Since MacPorts picks up a number of paths at configure\-time and uses them later on, changes in the operating system can break a MacPorts installation\&. For example, this happened when Apple removed \(lq/usr/bin/gnutar\(rq from OS X with the release of Mavericks\&. Since MacPorts keeps the path to its tar command in a file, this change required rebuilding MacPorts\&.
.SH "GLOBAL OPTIONS"
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Please see the section \fBGLOBAL OPTIONS\fR in the \fBport\fR(1) man page for a description of global port options\&.
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\fB\-q\fR
.RS 4
Do not print the \(lqPlatform:\(rq prefix\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBport\fR(1), \m[blue]\fBMigration\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
.SH "AUTHORS"
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(C) 2014 The MacPorts Project
Clemens Lang <cal@macports\&.org>
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.SH "EXTERNAL REFERENCES"
.IP " 1." 4
Migration
.RS 4
\%https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
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