[MacPorts] #58678: xorg-server @1.20.5_0: upgrade fails with "mkfontdir not registered as installed & active"

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#58678: xorg-server @1.20.5_0: upgrade fails with "mkfontdir not registered as
installed & active"
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  Reporter:  dliessi      |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  xorg-server  |
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Comment (by dliessi):

 {{{
 $ sudo port clean --work --archive xorg-server
 --->  Cleaning xorg-server
 $ sudo port -t upgrade xorg-server
 --->  Computing dependencies for xorg-server
 --->  Fetching archive for xorg-server
 --->  Attempting to fetch xorg-server-1.20.5_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from
 http://fco.it.packages.macports.org/mirrors/macports-packages/xorg-server
 --->  Attempting to fetch xorg-server-1.20.5_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from
 http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/xorg-server
 --->  Attempting to fetch xorg-
 server-1.20.5_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from
 http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/xorg-server
 --->  Installing xorg-server @1.20.5_0
 Error: Registry error: mkfontdir not registered as installed & active.
 Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_macports-git_macports-
 ports_x11_xorg-server/xorg-server/main.log for details.
 Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
 }}}

 New main.log attached.

 Replying to [comment:7 ryandesign]:
 > Something else I might hesitantly suggest is uninstalling the xorg-
 server you currently have installed, with `sudo port -f uninstall xorg-
 server`, but if that still doesn't help, then you'll be left without any
 xorg-server at all until we figure this out, which might not be desirable.

 If I remember correctly, I already did this for the previous upgrade of
 xorg-server, which had the same problem for me.
 After the installation failed again I was able to reinstall xorg-server by
 deactivating mkfontscale and activating the old mkfontdir; then after the
 installation succeeded I activated mkfontscale again.
 I can try again, if you want.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/58678#comment:8>
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