On Nov 2, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Marko Käning wrote:

> thanks for your very helpful hints!
> 
> On 02 Nov 2014, at 13:20 , Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Try uninstalling R before trying again. When activating, it may be using the 
>> pre-activate block in the portfile that was current at the time the archive 
>> was built, rather than the pre-activate block in the latest version of the 
>> portfile.
> 
> Hmmm, as I need to perform this trick on all buildbots, so I am not sure 
> whether this is the right approach. The buildbots would only deactivate and 
> not uninstall themselves either, right?!

I am not certain what the buildbot does in the case of an unsuccessful 
activation. You're right that in the case of a successful activation, the ports 
are then deactivated, not uninstalled.

If this turns out to be a problem, you can increase the port's revision.

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