Hi,
On 14/09/17 09:34, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On 14 September 2017 at 10:10, Chris Jones wrote:
Update to Sierra, it will save you most trouble in the long run.
No need at all to go to a store to get it done though, just do it
yourself.... Download the updater from the App Store and follow the
instructions. Firefox and LibreOffice might also need updating, if you
haven't kept them up to date, but both will work fine in the newer OS.
Just to avoid any confusion from my long complex email: this *exactly*
is my opinion as well.
If/when you do update the OS, you should of course follow the
instructions at
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
to migrate MP.
Going back in time and activate ports that already worked for you
might be the fastest solution in the short run that could be done in
15-60 minutes (if you know what you are doing) without taking other
risks of potentially hitting other issues on the new os.
Another option would be to restore the MP prefix (/opt/local normally)
from a backup. Assuming you have backups of course... If not adding this
to your regular maintenance to do list should be the first thing you do.
But once the super-hurry is over, going to Sierra would greatly
greatly reduce most of your headaches in the long run. The upgrade
should be pretty fast and painless anyway.
Any OSes below 10.9 are a bit of a headache and besides of security
risks & lack of software it only makes sense to use them if you know
exactly what you are doing and if you can help yourself when you hit
problems.
High Sierra is also on the way, but it will bring its own set of
headaches until the majority of ports are fixed, so probably not
suggested to install it yet if you cannot live with broken ports.
OT, but whether or not the mac OS10.13 is smooth or not depends a bit on
what you update. If we put aside the APFS update for the moment, I
expect it to be rather painless... I actually have tested the beta in a
VM and it worked fine, I was able to build all the ports I normally
install without issue..
The APFS update, for SSD macs, is another thing. This might well cause a
number of issues. For instance last I heard Xquartz (xorg-server in MP)
does not work with APFS. No idea if this is fixed (I understand it was
an Apple issue). I rely on this so I will be holding off the update, or
at least allowing the APFS conversion, until I hear news on this.. I
suspect there will be other ports that will need updating to work with
the new filesystem...
Chris
Mojca
