registry with multiple portfiles

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On 11 Jul 2017, at 16:16, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
> How do the files differ? Is one not referenced in the registry database?

port cat shows the right file. I think I might explain this case — but not others. While writing the portfile for py-ipaddr in vim I saved it and stopped the process, then installed/uninstalled the port and made some corrections in the portfile, repeat. Does it sound plausible?

But other non-installed ports also show more than one file

$ tree /opt/local/var/macports/registry/portfiles/bison-3.0.4_*
/opt/local/var/macports/registry/portfiles/bison-3.0.4_1
├── e93220c1e552b45d87e79b3a8844d01e4654ddc219eb7f845e030296ab326516-2427
│   └── Portfile
└── f483d3ba6033e5e570bcbd8eed06d3ec2a7d8526c74c46d6c1e081651cb07f1c-3227
    └── Portfile
/opt/local/var/macports/registry/portfiles/bison-3.0.4_2
└── a7da10d6954a883bc3a799e1ec1ac3064475957d2228aba4b70f1d6b9b77a69a-3242
    └── Portfile

3 directories, 3 files