[MacPorts] #28830: port upgrad outdated fails with error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port.

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#28830: port upgrad outdated fails with error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by
the active perl5.8 port.
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 Reporter:  macports.org@…         |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.9.2                                
 Keywords:                         |        Port:                                       
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 Upgrading failed at perl 5.12:

 {{{
 # port upgrade outdated
 --->  Fetching pkgconfig
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for pkgconfig
 --->  Extracting pkgconfig
 --->  Applying patches to pkgconfig
 --->  Configuring pkgconfig
 --->  Building pkgconfig
 --->  Staging pkgconfig into destroot
 --->  Installing pkgconfig @0.25_2
 --->  Deactivating pkgconfig @0.25_1
 --->  Activating pkgconfig @0.25_2
 --->  Cleaning pkgconfig
 --->  Fetching perl5.12
 --->  Attempting to fetch perl-5.12.3.tar.bz2 from
 http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/perl5.12
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for perl5.12
 --->  Extracting perl5.12
 --->  Applying patches to perl5.12
 --->  Configuring perl5.12
 --->  Building perl5.12
 --->  Staging perl5.12 into destroot
 --->  Installing perl5.12 @5.12.3_1
 --->  Activating perl5.12 @5.12.3_1
 --->  Cleaning perl5.12
 --->  Computing dependencies for perl5
 --->  Fetching perl5
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for perl5
 --->  Extracting perl5
 --->  Configuring perl5
 --->  Building perl5
 --->  Staging perl5 into destroot
 --->  Computing dependencies for perl5
 --->  Installing perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12
 --->  Deactivating perl5 @5.8.9_0
 --->  Activating perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12
 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
 /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please
 deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate perl5' to force the
 activation.
 Log for perl5 is at:
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5/main.log
 --->  Computing dependencies for p5-xml-parser
 --->  Dependencies to be installed: perl5
 --->  Activating perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12
 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
 /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please
 deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate perl5' to force the
 activation.
 Error: Failed to install perl5
 Log for perl5 is at:
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5/main.log
 Error: The following dependencies were not installed: perl5
 Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
 To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>



 }}}

 However, I managed to ugrade Perl5.8
 {{{
 # port upgrade perl5.8
 --->  Fetching perl5.8
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for perl5.8
 --->  Extracting perl5.8
 --->  Applying patches to perl5.8
 --->  Configuring perl5.8
 --->  Building perl5.8
 --->  Staging perl5.8 into destroot
 --->  Installing perl5.8 @5.8.9_4
 --->  Deactivating perl5.8 @5.8.9_3
 --->  Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_4
 --->  Cleaning perl5.8
 }}}

 Then I found out that there are quite a lot of Perl versions installed:

 {{{
 # port installed | grep perl
   perl5 @5.8.9_0
   perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12
   perl5.12 @5.12.3_1 (active)
   perl5.8 @5.8.9_3
   perl5.8 @5.8.9_4 (active)
 }}}

 I worked around the problem as follows:
 {{{
 # port uninstall perl5 @5.8.9_0
 --->  Uninstalling perl5 @5.8.9_0
 # port uninstall   perl5.8 @5.8.9_3
 --->  Uninstalling perl5.8 @5.8.9_3
 }}}

 After that, "port upgrade outdated" succeeded.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28830>
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