[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:7 mcalhoun@…]:
 > We might be running into a know
 >
 [ProblemHotlist#Inactiveportcantberemovedeventhoughanewerversionisinstalled
 problem] in MacPorts 1.6.[[BR]]

 Indeed it might be related.  But I am a bit scared by the option -f.
 Hopefully my problem will be solved when I upgrade to version 1.7.0.
 Anyway my installation is working fine in spite of this error message that
 occurs from time to time.

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