how-to delete a registry entry?

[Joshua Root]

Darren Weber wrote:
> 
> I made the stupid mistake of removing some registry (ie, receipt) files,
> so now I get
> 
> [ me at XXX ~/ports ]$ port installed
> Error: port installed failed: list must have an even number of elements
> No ports are installed.
> 
> I ran a few port uninstall commands and then checked that the ports were
> not installed, but
> 
> port installed | grep <portname>
> 
> continued to indicate that the ports were installed (see my other list
> post on that topic).

Did you also delete the receipt's enclosing directories?

- Josh