[MacPorts] #25268: Deactivate does not fully remove (some) empty directories

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#25268: Deactivate does not fully remove (some) empty directories
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 Reporter:  michaelld@…                     |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                          |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                          |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                            |     Version:  1.9.0                                
 Keywords:  deactivate, directory, removal  |        Port:                                       
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 In getting Stellarium.app to install correctly (checked in in [68848]), I
 did a lot of deactivating (via uninstall) and installing of that port
 while the Finder window for /Applications/MacPorts/ was open.  After each
 uninstall I could see that Stellarium.app was still there, but no longer
 had an icon or Finder info associated with it.  I can verify via an X11
 terminal window that the basic directory structure was not actually
 removed -- just the files inside it were.  The resulting top-level file
 (Stellarium.app) remained and cannot be used -- there is no executable in
 it, nor Info files describing it, just empty directories (or, directories
 of directories).  Installing a new revision over these directories worked
 without issue, but after a deactivate the resulting top-level
 Stellarium.app obviously doesn't work.

 I then tried deactivate with LaTeXiT and the same thing happens -- so I
 don't think this issue is specific to Stellarium; it seems to be a greater
 issue.  While doing 'deactivate' with debug printing on, I can see that
 Port is, at least sometimes, checking whether or not the directory is
 empty, but it seems as though not all directories are checked.  I can
 submit "port -d" if desired, but I'm sure whoever looks into this can do
 that too.

 What I'm asking for is to fix checking whether a directory is empty during
 deactivate -- or, fix the list of what to deactivate & check for being
 empty, if that's the issue.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25268>
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