[MacPorts] #23786: expat activation failure

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#23786: expat activation failure
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 Reporter:  solazari@…          |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  assigned               
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                         
Component:  ports               |     Version:  1.8.2                  
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  expat                  
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 Ok, from your output:

 {{{
 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
 /opt/local/bin/xmlwf already exists and does not belong to a registered
 port.  Unable to activate port expat.
 }}}

 Why does /opt/local/bin/xmlwf already exist and not belong to a registered
 port? expat is the only thing that should be installing this file. So
 either you installed expat manually in the MacPorts prefix, or you
 installed expat using MacPorts but MacPorts no longer knows this. You
 could force the activation:

 {{{
 sudo port -f activate expat
 }}}

 but since I don't know where your existing xmlwf file came from, I don't
 know if there might be other unregistered files as well so you might
 encounter the same problem with other ports.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23786#comment:6>
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