[MacPorts] #38344: root update with new 'xrootd' variant

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#38344: root update with new 'xrootd' variant
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  Reporter:  jonesc@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  update    |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal    |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports     |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:            |   Keywords:  haspatch maintainer
      Port:  root      |
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Comment (by andre.david@…):

 Took me a while to figure out that `Portfile`s are now under
 `${pfx}/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/` instead
 of `${pfx}/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports` (should
 I remove the latter?) but when I did, the patch could be applied without a
 hitch.

 The `xrootd` dependence on `libevent` caused some trouble at the
 beginning:
 {{{
 --->  Installing libevent @2.0.21_0
 --->  Activating libevent @2.0.21_0
 Error: org.macports.activate for port libevent returned: Image error:
 /opt/local/include/event.h already exists and does not belong to a
 registered port.  Unable to activate port libevent. Use 'port -f activate
 libevent' to force the activation.
 Error: Failed to install libevent
 Please see the log file for port libevent for details:
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_libevent/libevent/main.log
 }}}

 but eventually doing `port -f activate libevent` did the trick and the
 rest of the build proceeded uneventfully.

 I confirm that `xrootd` and `root` are working as expected. Cheers!

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38344#comment:2>
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