[MacPorts] #29000: port upgrade, install... fail with "invalid command name registry::exlcusive_lock"

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#29000: port upgrade, install... fail with "invalid command name
registry::exlcusive_lock"
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 Reporter:  andrew.long@…        |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                 |     Version:  1.9.2                                
 Keywords:                       |        Port:                                       
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Changes (by jmr@…):

  * component:  ports => base


Old description:

> Ran "sudo port selfupdate" - ran to completion as follows:-
>
> saganami-island:~ andy$ sudo port selfupdate
> Password:
> Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider using
> selfupdate
> --->  Updating the ports tree
> --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
> MacPorts base version 1.9.2 installed,
> MacPorts base version 1.9.2 downloaded.
> --->  MacPorts base is already the latest version
>
> The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you
> should run
>   port upgrade outdated
>
> Then ran sudo port update outdated
>

> saganami-island:~ andy$ sudo port upgrade outdated
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: invalid command name
> "registry::exclusive_lock"
> To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
>
> SImilar failure when trying to install mercurial
>
> Regards, Andy

New description:

 Ran "sudo port selfupdate" - ran to completion as follows:-
 {{{
 saganami-island:~ andy$ sudo port selfupdate
 Password:
 Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider using
 selfupdate
 --->  Updating the ports tree
 --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
 MacPorts base version 1.9.2 installed,
 MacPorts base version 1.9.2 downloaded.
 --->  MacPorts base is already the latest version

 The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you
 should run
   port upgrade outdated
 }}}
 Then ran sudo port update outdated

 {{{
 saganami-island:~ andy$ sudo port upgrade outdated
 Error: Unable to upgrade port: invalid command name
 "registry::exclusive_lock"
 To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
 }}}
 SImilar failure when trying to install mercurial

 Regards, Andy

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Comment:

 Please remember to preview and use WikiFormatting.

 I can only guess that your base install is messed up somehow, maybe some
 files are from an older version.

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