[MacPorts] #17304: Activating perl5 5.8.8_0 failed

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#17304: Activating perl5 5.8.8_0 failed
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 Reporter:  daviwak-macports@…         |       Owner:  mcalhoun@…           
     Type:  defect                     |      Status:  assigned             
 Priority:  Normal                     |   Milestone:  Port Bugs            
Component:  ports                      |     Version:  1.6.0                
 Keywords:  activating                 |        Port:  perl5                
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Comment(by daviwak-macports@…):

 Replying to [comment:5 mcalhoun@…]:
 > Should fix the problem.

 It doesn't work.
 Although Perl5 in not active, there are other ports which depend on it!

 {{{
 $ port installed perl5
 The following ports are currently installed:
   perl5 @5.8.8_0+darwin_9
 $ port installed perl5.8
 The following ports are currently installed:
   perl5.8 @5.8.8_3+darwin_9 (active)
 $ port uninstall perl5
 --->  Unable to uninstall perl5 5.8.8_0+darwin_9, the following ports
 depend on it:
 --->    intltool
 --->    icon-naming-utils
 --->    help2man
 --->    autoconf
 --->    gtk-doc
 --->    ghostscript
 --->    texi2html
 Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on
 perl5 first.
 }}}

 I have tried to upgrade them in the hope that they would use per5.8 but I
 get the following result:

 {{{
 $ sudo port upgrade help2man
 --->  Activating perl5 5.8.8_0+darwin_9
 Error: Activating perl5 5.8.8_0 failed: Image error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is
 being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please deactivate this port first,
 or use the -f flag to force the activation.
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17304#comment:6>
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