[rescue] Any users of MacPorts?

[Nathan Raymond]

There is a migration process that needs to be performed when doing major OS
upgrades or changing architectures, but I don't consider too onerous:

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration


On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM Ross Lonstein via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 11:15:20AM -0400, Stuff Received via rescue wrote:
> > On 2025-09-03 02:42, Jochen Kunz via rescue wrote:
> > > Am 03.09.25 um 06:43 schrieb Patrick Giagnocavo via rescue:
> > > > Has anyone ever used MacPorts.org to remedy this? Curious if it is a
> > > > good option to use.
> > > I use MacPorts since switching my desktop to a Mac in late 2013. It is
> > > my go-to solution to install freeware from the *ix freeware ecosystem.
> >
> > Does MacPorts care about the OS version?
>   [snip]
>
> If I recall it cares about both the OS and the Apple CLI dev tools
> release. It was a pain if you weren't on current, it was also a pain
> if you upgraded or needed to hold either. I used to have a couple of
> Macs and maintained several ports but no longer do so I don't know if
> this has gotten better.
>
> - Ross
>
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