expat install error can't read "registry.format"

[josh@…]

Also in version 1.8.2

Here's the error:

--->  Compressing man pages for expat
man1/xmlwf.1:	 56.9% -- replaced with man1/xmlwf.1.gz
man1/xmlwf.1.gz: changing permissions from 00644 to 00444
--->  Installing expat @2.0.1_0
Error: Target org.macports.install returned: can't read "registry.format": no such variable
Warning: the following items did not execute (for expat): org.macports.activate org.macports.install
Log for expat is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

#23578

Can't possibly happen in 1.8.2, you must have files left over from your trunk install.