registry with multiple portfiles

[Joshua Root]

On 2017-7-11 23:24 , db wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2017, at 14:50, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>> On 2017-7-11 21:09 , db wrote:
>>> Is it normal or expected to have multiple portfiles for the same port in the registry?
>> When multiple versions of the port are installed, yes.
> 
> And when having just one?
> 
> $ tree /opt/local/var/macports/registry/portfiles/py-ipaddr-2.1.11_0
> /opt/local/var/macports/registry/portfiles/py-ipaddr-2.1.11_0
> ├── 2e52e6dac0be45e76177be8807c75a8530ed272cc05aee96a0684980aa8548bf-1278
> │   └── Portfile
> └── 8504b2882d636f124067ef74c887debeb83592c287165ed32fff7ef05104667d-1244
>      └── Portfile
> 
> 2 directories, 2 files

Less expected. It can still happen if one version is installed with 
multiple variant selections, and the portfile changed in between. How do 
the files differ? Is one not referenced in the registry database?

- Josh