[MacPorts] #17293: ncursesw-5.7.0 Activation defect

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#17293: ncursesw-5.7.0 Activation defect
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 Reporter:  spam@…                       |       Owner:  imajes@…           
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  Normal                       |   Milestone:  Port Bugs          
Component:  ports                        |     Version:  1.6.0              
 Keywords:  ncurses, ncursesw, activate  |        Port:  ncursesw           
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Comment(by bitmail@…):

 Same error here, FS is journaled and case sensitive on OSX 10.5.5 PPC,
 MacPorts is up to date (1.6.0). Error message during update:

 > --->  Fetching ncursesw[[BR]]
 > --->  Attempting to fetch ncurses-5.7.tar.gz from
 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses[[BR]]
 > --->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncursesw[[BR]]
 > --->  Extracting ncursesw[[BR]]
 > --->  Configuring ncursesw[[BR]]
 > --->  Building ncursesw with target all[[BR]]
 > --->  Staging ncursesw into destroot[[BR]]
 > --->  Deactivating ncursesw 5.6_1[[BR]]
 > --->  Installing ncursesw 5.7_0[[BR]]
 > --->  Activating ncursesw 5.7_0[[BR]]
 > Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
 /opt/local/share/term
 > info/2/2621a already exists and does not belong to a registered port.
 Unable to
 > activate port ncursesw.

 Using the forced activation workaround "sudo port -f activate ncursesw
 @5.7_0" resulted in a legion of error messages:

 > --->  Activating ncursesw 5.7_0[[BR]]
 > Warning: File /opt/local/share/terminfo/2/2621a already exists.  Moving
 to: /opt/local/share/terminfo/2/2621a.mp_1228133645.[[BR]]
 > Warning: File /opt/local/share/terminfo/a/a210 already exists.  Moving
 to: /opt/local/share/terminfo/a/a210.mp_1228133645.[[BR]]
 > Warning: File /opt/local/share/terminfo/a/a80 already exists.  Moving
 to: /opt/local/share/terminfo/a/a80.mp_1228133645.[[BR]]
 > ...[[BR]]
 > Warning: File /opt/local/share/terminfo/x/xterms already exists.  Moving
 to: /opt/local/share/terminfo/x/xterms.mp_1228133650.[[BR]]
 > Warning: File /opt/local/share/terminfo/x/xterms-sun already exists.
 Moving to: /opt/local/share/terminfo/x/xterms-sun.mp_1228133650.[[BR]]
 > Warning: File /opt/local/share/terminfo/x/xwsh already exists.  Moving
 to: /opt/local/share/terminfo/x/xwsh.mp_1228133650.[[BR]]

 Consecutive upgrades or usage of ports depending on ncursesw seem to work.

 Thanks for the hint!

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17293#comment:6>
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