[MacPorts] #67469: Port does make no difference between active (completely installed) and not activated but upgraded software

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#67469: Port does make no difference between active (completely installed) and not
activated but upgraded software
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  Reporter:  ballapete    |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:  duplicate    |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by ballapete):

 A different description:

 {{{
 port upgrade icu (with faulty Portfile) glib2

 xz @5.4.3_0 date='2023-05-18T19:59:44+0200'
 lbzip2 @2.5_3 date='2023-05-18T19:50:33+0200'
 sqlite3 @3.42.0_0 date='2023-05-18T19:46:56+0200'
 }}}

 These three "additional" packages plus `libxml2` were built. Invocation of
 some command failed, cause was found, recent build stopped and cleaned.

 Upgraded version of `icu deactivated and uninstalled`, previous version of
 `icu re-activated`, upgraded version of `libxml2 deactivated`, previous
 version of `libxml2 re-activated`, two software archive files did exist.

 Recent version of `icu built and installed with proper Portfile`.

 `Upgrade`ing of `outdated ports` continued, failure when some `port`
 (`libxslt`?) was built that was `depending on libxml2` which has
 `dependencies from icu`.

 Since  previous version of `libxml2` was active and using versioned dylibs
 from previous and uninstalled version of `icu`, build failed.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67469#comment:2>
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