[MacPorts] #22046: ncursesw not uninstalling / deactivating cleanly

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#22046: ncursesw not uninstalling / deactivating cleanly
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 Reporter:  dhaines@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect             |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports              |     Version:  1.8.1                                
 Keywords:                     |        Port:  ncursesw                             
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 When you deactivate / uninstall ncursesw, it seems to leave behind all the
 files in {$prefix}/share/terminfo/*.  Obviously, this isn't a good thing.

 Here's the output from an example showing the problem:

 {{{
 sputnik: ~ % port installed
 No ports are installed.
 sputnik: ~ % sudo port install ncursesw
 --->  Computing dependencies for ncursesw
 --->  Fetching ncursesw
 --->  Attempting to fetch ncurses-5.7.tar.gz from
 http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/ftp/gnu/ncurses
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncursesw
 --->  Extracting ncursesw
 --->  Configuring ncursesw
 --->  Building ncursesw
 --->  Staging ncursesw into destroot
 --->  Installing ncursesw @5.7_0
 --->  Activating ncursesw @5.7_0
 --->  Cleaning ncursesw
 sputnik: ~ % sudo port uninstall ncursesw
 --->  Deactivating ncursesw @5.7_0
 --->  Uninstalling ncursesw @5.7_0
 sputnik: ~ % sudo port install ncursesw
 --->  Computing dependencies for ncursesw
 --->  Fetching ncursesw
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncursesw
 --->  Extracting ncursesw
 --->  Configuring ncursesw
 --->  Building ncursesw
 --->  Staging ncursesw into destroot
 --->  Installing ncursesw @5.7_0
 --->  Activating ncursesw @5.7_0
 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
 /opt/local/share/terminfo/2/2621a already exists and does not belong to a
 registered port.  Unable to activate port ncursesw.
 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
 sputnik: ~ %
 }}}

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