[MacPorts] #39376: gnome-keyring @2.30.3_6 can not be installed

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#39376: gnome-keyring @2.30.3_6 can not be installed
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  Reporter:  mk@…           |      Owner:  devans@…
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports          |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
      Port:  gnome-keyring  |
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Changes (by devans@…):

 * status:  new => assigned


Comment:

 Here's the deal.  The file is installed outside the MacPorts tree because
 it has to be to work properly.  It is a PAM binary module and it needs to
 reside in the system PAM module directory for it properly interface with
 the system PAM implementation.

 There really is nothing wrong with this port.  If you deactivate or
 uninstall the port using Mac Ports, the file
 is removed during the deactivate phase.  If you reinstall it is installed
 in the activate phase.  This works
 whether the file is in the MacPorts tree or not (try it).

 The problem is in step 2 above.  By using the brute force remove, you
 don't remove the file in question (because you
 didn't use a brute force remove on it too) and you destroy the MacPorts
 registry so it "forgets" after the new
 install that it had previously been installed.

 If you really want to nuke the MacPorts installation and reinstall a new
 one, you really should uninstall
 the existing ports and then use the brute force remove.

 {{{
 sudo port echo installed > ~/installed_ports  (so you can remember what to
 reinstall)
 sudo port uninstall installed (remove all installed ports)
 rm -rf ${prefix)  (now nuke what's left)

 }}}

 Do whatever you were going to do such as (upgrade to a newer major OS
 version)
 Reinstall MacPorts as usual (say the one that goes with the new OS
 version) then:

 {{{
 sudo port install `cat ~/installed_ports`
 }}}

 If you have done it the way you describe, to recover, you just need to do
 what the error message says
 and remove the offending file or force the activation of the new version.
 The old file will be moved aside
 with distictive tag that can be removed later.


 {{{
 sudo port -f activivate gnome-keyring
 }}}

 I hope this clarifies the situation.

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