[MacPorts] #12989: port -f upgrade considered harmful

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#12989: port -f upgrade considered harmful
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  Reporter:  stephen at xemacs.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
 Component:  ports               |     Version:  1.5.0                                
Resolution:                      |    Keywords:                                       
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Comment (by dluke at macports.org):

 As a side note, the error message doesn't say to -f upgrade ... it says

 "You must install or activate this package with '-f' (force) as it needs
 to overwrite files installed by the perl5.8 port"

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/12989#comment:2>
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