Registry consistency is broken

[vgrebenschikov]

$ port -d uninstall inactive

DEBUG: Executing org.macports.uninstall (m4)
--->  Unable to uninstall m4 @1.4.16_0, the following ports depend on it:
Error: org.macports.uninstall for port m4 returned: an invalid entry was passed
DEBUG: Error code: registry::invalid
DEBUG: Backtrace: an invalid entry was passed
    while executing
"$depport name"
    (procedure "registry::check_dependents" line 19)
    invoked from within
"registry::check_dependents $port ${uninstall.force} "uninstall""
    (procedure "registry_uninstall::uninstall" line 83)
    invoked from within
"registry_uninstall $subport $version $revision $portvariants [array get user_options]"
    (procedure "portuninstall::uninstall_main" line 3)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
Warning: targets not executed for m4: org.macports.uninstall
Please see the log file for port m4 for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_m4_1.4.16_0/m4/main.log
DEBUG: an invalid entry was passed
    while executing
"$depport name"
    (procedure "registry::check_dependents" line 19)
    invoked from within
"registry::check_dependents $port ${uninstall.force} "uninstall""
    (procedure "registry_uninstall::uninstall" line 83)
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for m4 @1.4.16_0
--->  Unable to uninstall m4 @1.4.16_0, the following ports depend on it:
DEBUG: an invalid entry was passed
    while executing
"$depport name"
    (procedure "registry::check_dependents" line 19)
    invoked from within
"registry::check_dependents $port ${uninstall.force} "uninstall""
    (procedure "registry_uninstall::uninstall" line 83)
    invoked from within
"registry_uninstall::uninstall $newname $version_in_tree $revision_in_tree $portinfo(canonical_active_variants) [array get options]"
Error: Uninstall m4 1.4.16_0 failed: an invalid entry was passed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

$ port rdependents m4
an invalid entry was passed
    while executing
"$dependent name"
    (procedure "receipt_sqlite::list_dependents" line 18)
    invoked from within
"${macports::registry.format}::list_dependents $name $version $revision $variants"
    (procedure "registry::list_dependents" line 3)
    invoked from within
"registry::list_dependents $portname $iversion $irevision $ivariants"
    ("uplevel" body line 27)
    invoked from within
"uplevel 1 $block"
    (procedure "foreachport" line 20)
    invoked from within
"foreachport $portlist {
        set composite_version [composite_version $portversion [array get variations]]
        if { [catch {set ilist [registry..."
    (procedure "action_dependents" line 10)
    invoked from within
"$action_proc $action $portlist [array get global_options]"
    (procedure "process_cmd" line 95)
    invoked from within
"process_cmd $remaining_args"
    invoked from within
"if { [llength $remaining_args] > 0 } {

    # If there are remaining arguments, process those as a command
    set exit_status [process_cmd $remaining..."
    (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 4784)
$

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

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Can you provide any background about how you got into this situation? The registry is of course not supposed to become corrupt, and it's hard without additional information from you to figure out how it became that way on your system.