On Apr 16, 2014, at 15:34, Peter Danecek wrote:

> I am looking for an elegant way to remove some directory (directories) if 
> they are empty in a Portfile.
> 
> I would like to use this in the post-deactivate hook. There I remove some 
> unregistered files, after related registered files are deactivated. However, 
> afterwords I'd like to check if the dir now is empty and conditionally remove 
> it. 
> 
> I am not very fluent in TCL, so any tip how to do this in an elegant way is 
> welcome.

MacPorts automatically removes empty directories from the destroot before 
installation. This is easy for it to do. It might be nice if there were a way 
for it to do the same post-
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