"Failed to open portfile from registry" while reinstalling because of configure.optflags

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Oct 25, 2016, at 7:30 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been noticing "Failed to open portfile from registry" errors during certain operations like reinstalling (port -n upgrade --force).

I don't know the answers to your questions, but I wanted to mention that I also have noticed the "Failed to open portfile from registry" error far more often than seems normal to me. ("Never" would seem normal to me.)