The resolution:
On 2018-07-18, 16:56, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo via macports-users wrote:
I am upgrading to more recent version of macOS (Sierra), so
after that I am migrating macports using instructions in
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
...
# port -f uninstall installed
Warning: Failed to open Portfile from registry for alpine
@2.20_0.97.114.105.102.115.97.104.97.1+without_tcl
Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: Invalid version '2.20_0.97.114.105.102.115.97.104.97.1+without_tcl' specified for alpine.
Please specify a version as recorded in the port registry.
ua3arifsaha:~ root# sqlite3 /opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db
SQLite version 3.25.2 2018-09-25 19:08:10
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite> select version,revision from ports where
revision='0.97.114.105.102.115.97.104.97.1';
sqlite> .load /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base/src/cregistry/macports.sqlext
sqlite> update ports set revision=27516 where revision='0.97.114.105.102.115.97.104.97.1';
sqlite> .q
The number 27516 is arbitrary, I chose somewhat random number so
I can find it again if I need to. After this the uninstall
worked fine. I did not change the path in the database so it
seemed that macports had no problem finding which files and
paths to uninstall.
Thanks!
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