I thinks there's a bug in the way port names are handled. I'm trying to compile a cvs snapshot of slrn, the same present in debian experimental. The debian maintainer assigned 0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20061116 as version number, and I wish to keep this convention. If I manually change some links before the ./configure phase (refer to my previous email) I can build and install my port using macports, but it blocks here: $ sudo port -vc install slrn-dev +ssl +pull [...] ./opt/local/share/slrn/macros/xcomment.sl ---> Archive slrn-dev-0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl.powerpc.tgz packaged ---> Archive for slrn-dev 0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl packaged ---> Installing slrn-dev 0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl ---> Activating slrn-dev 0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Registry error: slrn-dev cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl not registered as installed. Warning: the following items did not execute (for slrn-dev): com.apple.activate Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. If you notice the version should be 0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl but com.apple.activate sees only cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl. Now I officially have a screwed installations of macports :-D $ port installed Error: port installed failed: Registry error: slrn-dev cvs20061116_0+pull+ssl not registered as installed. No ports are installed. How can I repair it? Thanks, Gufo