First port installation fails

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 12, 2007, at 21:04, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>>> You can run `sudo port -f install p5-pathtools` and then try  
>>> installing firefox-x11 again and it should work.
>>
>> So that this doesn't force a rebuild of perl5.8 as well, you  
>> should recommend
>>
>> sudo port -nf install p5-pathtools
>>
>> instead.
>
> That's not correct.
>
> Running sudo port -f install p5-pathtools will not force a rebuild  
> of an already installed perl5.8 port (I just tested it to verify).
>
> -n is only valid for the upgrade target, anyway (and is documented  
> as such in the manpage).

Oop, you're right, I was remembering this bug

http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/12989

incorrectly. Sorry for the false alarm.