[MacPorts] #70353: shared-mime-info: org.macports.shared-mime-info-updater.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port (was: (yt-dlp) error: failed to activate share-mime-info)

[MacPorts]

#70353: shared-mime-info: org.macports.shared-mime-info-updater.plist already
exists and does not belong to a registered port
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  Reporter:  mrkapqa           |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect            |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal            |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports             |    Version:  2.9.3
Resolution:  invalid           |   Keywords:  catalina
      Port:  shared-mime-info  |
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Changes (by ryandesign):

 * keywords:  catalina yt-dlp => catalina
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * port:  yt-dlp => shared-mime-info


Comment:

 Yes. That package was built with MacPorts in its default prefix. If you
 already had MacPorts ports installed when you install that package, it
 will overwrite files that MacPorts installed, likely with different
 versions, causing all sorts of havoc; to recover from this, you need to
 uninstall MacPorts fully and then reinstall it. Please write to the svp-
 team and request that they discontinue distributing that package
 immediately to prevent destroying users' existing MacPorts installations
 and consuming our technical support resources. If they want to distribute
 an installer package, they should first build MacPorts from source and
 configure it to install into a prefix that is unique to their project
 (e.g. /opt/mpv) so that it does not conflict. They will also need to
 specify that startup items should be disabled, since those are installed
 outside of the prefix, and hopefully the startup items that would have
 been installed, like this shared mime info updater, are not actually
 needed for anything.

 Resolving as invalid because it is invalid that there is a MacPorts bug
 that we could fix; this is svp-team's bug for distributing a hostile
 installer package.

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