Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of Migration

Timestamp:

Sep 17, 2009, 12:36:11 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Comment:

cleanup following removal of automatic method

Migration

@@ -3 +3 @@
 An installation of MacPorts and the ports installed by it are only designed to work on a single OS release and a single CPU architecture. If you upgrade to a new OS version (e.g. from Tiger to Leopard) or migrate to a new machine with a different type of CPU (e.g. PowerPC to Intel), you may get lucky and have your ports keep working, but in general, things will break.
 
-After performing either of these types of system upgrades, you will first need to install the base MacPorts system again, either from the appropriate disk image or from source. (You will probably not be able to use `sudo port selfupdate` because the old `port` command you have will probably not be compatible with your new system.) You must then reinstall all your ports. There are at least two ways you could do this.
-
-First of all, install the latest Xcode for your new Mac OS X version. Note that this will not automatically be installed on upgrades, you will have to do it manually. You will find the Xcode installer on the DVD.
+After performing either of these types of system upgrades, you will first need to install the base MacPorts system again, either from the appropriate disk image or from source. If you are upgrading from a prior version of Mac OS X, install the latest version of Xcode for your new OS. This will not be done for you automatically; Xcode is not updated by Software Update, so you must update it manually. You will find the Xcode installer on the Mac OS X installation DVD or on the Apple Developer web site. Finally, reinstall all your ports.
 
 === Manual method === #manual
 
-The most reliable way to reinstall your ports is as follows:
+To reinstall your ports:
 
  1. Save the list of installed ports: