p5-test-harness conflict with perl5.8 @5.8.8_2

[Roger Hoover]

OK.  I didn't know this was the norm.  Thanks!

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:30 AM, William Davis <frstan at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Roger Hoover wrote:
>
>  After upgrading my perl5.8 port to 5.8.8_2, I'm getting a conflict with
> > the p5-test-harness port.  Ultimately, I'm trying to install p5-dbi but the
> > dependency chain breaks on p5-test-harness.  Anyone else having this
> > problem?
> >
> > sudo port install p5-test-harness
> > --->  Fetching p5-test-harness
> > --->  Verifying checksum(s) for p5-test-harness
> > --->  Extracting p5-test-harness
> > --->  Configuring p5-test-harness
> > --->  Building p5-test-harness with target all
> > --->  Staging p5-test-harness into destroot
> > You must install or activate this package with '-f' (force) as it needs
> > to overwrite files installed by the perl5.8 port
> > --->  Installing p5-test-harness 2.64_1
> > --->  Activating p5-test-harness 2.64_1
> > Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
> > /opt/local/bin/prove is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please
> > deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force the activation.
> > Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> >
> >
> >
> sudo port -df activate p5-test-harness
>
> that will "force" the activation. This is normal for pearl. There are a
> fair number of pearl modules that work this way.
>
>
>
> William Davis
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