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Comment: update "no destroot found" info
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 :error:install org.macports.install for port libpixman returned: no destroot found at: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_libpixman/libpixman/work/destroot
 }}}
 
-We do not know what causes this occasional problem, but the solution is to clean the affected port and try again. For example the above error shows libpixman is the port that failed, so to clean it you would run:
+This happens when you have existing files that conflict with the ones that a port wants to install, so the port fails to activate, and you then uninstall the port and try to install it again without cleaning it first. The workaround is to clean the affected port and try again. For example the above error shows libpixman is the port that failed, so to clean it you would run:
 
 {{{
 sudo port clean libpixman
 }}}
 
+Ticket tracking this issue: #55445
 
 == install_name_tool or strip reports "malformed object (unknown load command)" == #malformed-object
 
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