ghostview install fails

[basmac]

Seems like there were similar errors going back to 2005 until 2007, but it fails on 10.5.1 with X11 patches.

% sudo port install ghostview
Password:
--->  Fetching ghostview
--->  Attempting to fetch ghostview-1.5.tar.gz from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghost
view
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for ghostview
--->  Extracting ghostview
--->  Configuring ghostview
--->  Building ghostview with target all
--->  Staging ghostview into destroot
Warning: violation by /etc
Warning: violation by /usr
Warning: ghostview violates the layout of the ports-filesystems!
Warning: Please fix or indicate this misbehavior (if it is intended), it will be
 an error in future releases!
--->  Installing ghostview 1.5_0
--->  Activating ghostview 1.5_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-
defaults already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to act
ivate port ghostview.
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
[mac27:~/info] bmcinnes% sudo -s
[mac27:~/sun/info] root# port update
Unrecognized action "update"
[mac27:~/sun/info] root# port selfupdate

MacPorts base version 1.600 installed

Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.600

The MacPorts installation is not outdated and so was not updated
selfupdate done!
[mac27:~/sun/info] root# 
[mac27:~/sun/info] root# port clean ghostview
--->  Cleaning ghostview
[mac27:~/sun/info] root# port install ghostview
--->  Activating ghostview 1.5_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-
defaults already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to act
ivate port ghostview.
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #14120.

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