[MacPorts] #57180: Port @2.5.3 reclaims and deletes packages that it installs again afterwards on PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11

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#57180: Port @2.5.3 reclaims and deletes packages that it installs again afterwards
on PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11
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  Reporter:  ballapete  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.5.3
Resolution:             |   Keywords:  tiger
      Port:  port       |
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Comment (by kencu):

 Port asks:

 You never specifically requested autconf to be installed, and nothing
 depends on it, so do you want to delete it?

 You say - YES.

 But, 10 seconds later, some port requires autoconf to build, and so you
 have to watch it be reinstalled.

 So, basically, I always say "No" to that port of port reclaim, and I
 volunteer that you should too.

 You can specify a port as being "requested" so as to avoid this, but life
 is too short to waste all that time trying to sort that mess out IMHO.

 Later on, when it asks to uninstall duplicates, and delete useless source
 tarballs, you might do that if it makes sense to you (ie you know will
 never need to roll back an installation). However, I generally never do
 that either, esp on Tiger.

 Sometimes I look the list over, and if I see something huge (like multiple
 installs of qt4, or a compiler) I'll manually delete the old versions.

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