[MacPorts] #27682: Zlib fails to install

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#27682: Zlib fails to install
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  Reporter:  pierrelouis.peeters@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect                         |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal                         |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports                          |     Version:  1.9.2                                
Resolution:  invalid                        |    Keywords:                                       
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 Admittedly, Spotlight won't find the components of zlib that are part of
 the OS, nor the ones installed by MacPorts, though it might find a
 distfile in ~/.macports. (I'm not sure; I don't have distfiles there and
 don't use Spotlight.)

 But yes, MacPorts first fetches a distfile, then verifies its integrity by
 computing and verifying its checksums, then extracts it. If you had a
 problem extracting the port, then manually deleted the distfile, then told
 MacPorts to try again, without telling it to first clean the port (which
 would have told it to start the phases from the beginning instead of
 trying to continue where it left off), it's not surprising it failed to
 find the distfile in the extract phase. So this is not #25937, just a
 misunderstanding about how MacPorts works.

 It might still be interesting to know what problem you experienced during
 the extract phase, but we can also just consider the matter resolved for
 now.

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