`port -f archive foo` doesn't actually force the archive step if the state file says it's already done

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Daniel Luke asked me to file this report in ​this email.

I'll just demonstrate this with nmap +gtk2, but I'm pretty sure it will happen for any port. Sorry, no patch; I'm really busy and just trying to make stuff work.

Note that I make the archive, check the timestamp, then rerun the archive step with -f, but the timestamp is not updated. I then rerun it with -d for good measure.

~# port archive nmap +gtk2
--->  Fetching nmap
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for nmap
--->  Extracting nmap
--->  Configuring nmap
--->  Building nmap with target all
--->  Staging nmap into destroot
--->  Packaging tgz archive for nmap 4.20_0+gtk2
~# ls -l /opt/local/var/db/dports/packages/darwin/powerpc/nmap-4.20_0+gtk2.powerpc.tgz
-rw-rw----   1 root  wheel  680569 Dec 12 18:54 /opt/local/var/db/dports/packages/darwin/powerpc/nmap-4.20_0+gtk2.powerpc.tgz
~# cat /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports_net_nmap/work/.darwinports.nmap.state 
variant: +gtk2
target: com.apple.main
target: com.apple.fetch
target: com.apple.checksum
target: com.apple.extract
target: com.apple.patch
target: com.apple.configure
target: com.apple.build
target: com.apple.destroot
target: com.apple.archive
~# port -f archive nmap +gtk2
~# ls -l /opt/local/var/db/dports/packages/darwin/powerpc/nmap-4.20_0+gtk2.powerpc.tgz
-rw-rw----   1 root  wheel  680569 Dec 12 18:54 /opt/local/var/db/dports/packages/darwin/powerpc/nmap-4.20_0+gtk2.powerpc.tgz
~# port -df archive nmap +gtk2
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/net/nmap
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/net/nmap
DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port nmap.
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port nmap.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port nmap.
DEBUG: Executing variant gtk2 provides gtk2
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/net/libpcap
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/net/libpcap
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libpcap
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libpcap
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/openssl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/openssl
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: openssl
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for openssl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/pcre
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/pcre
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: pcre
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for pcre
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for zlib
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/x11/gtk2
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/x11/gtk2
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: gtk2
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for gtk2
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.main (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.fetch (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.checksum (nmap)
DEBUG: setting option extract.cmd to /opt/local/bin/bzip2
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.extract (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.patch (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.configure (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.build (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.destroot (nmap)
DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.archive (nmap)
~#

This is with OS 10.4.8 on an iBook G4.

~% uname -a
Darwin maunakea.magicpacket.net 8.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.0: Fri Sep  8 17:18:57 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.12.6.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
~% port version
Version: 1.320
~%

I don't demonstrate it here, but if you delete the last line of .darwinports.nmap.state (target: com.apple.archive) and rerun port -f archive nmap +gtk2, I believe it will appropriately rebuild the archive and clobber the .tgz.

Summary: When I run port -f archive foo, I expect the archive step to happen regardless of the state file. If the state file says the archive is already built, nothing happens.