lighttpd fails in user prefix installation

[posita (Matt Bogosian)]

main.log fails because user is not root:

:debug:clean Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.configure (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.build (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.destroot (lighttpd)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:info:main Warning: targets not executed for lighttpd: org.macports.activate org.macports.install
:error:main Failed to install lighttpd
:debug:main Registry error: lighttpd not registered as installed & active.
    invoked from within
"registry_active $subport"
    invoked from within
"$workername eval registry_active \$subport"
:notice:main Please see the log file for port lighttpd for details:
    /{{PREFIX}}/var/macports/logs/_{{PREFIX}}_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_www_lighttpd/lighttpd/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #49638. I don't plan to fix this because I don't see why anyone would want to install a web server non-root. If you have a use case for this please let me know.