p5-getopt-long and perl5.8 - activation error

[William Davis]

On Feb 4, 2008, at 6:58 PM, Michael Franz wrote:

> I am installing an application that somewhere along the line it has  
> a dependency on both p5-getopt-long and perl5.8.  I do not know how  
> these two relate.  All that I know at this point is that they  
> conflict.  I see that there is a perl5.10.  Is this version to be  
> used instead of perl5.8?  If so, how do I get the dependent projects  
> to use it?
>
>
> Here is the build/install log with the final error.
> --->  Fetching apache-ant
>
>
> ... many lines and ports excluded.  I can send the complete log if  
> necessary.
>
> --->  Fetching perl5.8 --->  Attempting to fetch perl-5.8.8.tar.bz2  
> from http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/ --->  Verifying checksum(s) for  
> perl5.8 --->  Extracting perl5.8 --->  Applying patches to perl5.8  
> --->  Configuring perl5.8 --->  Building perl5.8 with target all --- 
> >  Staging perl5.8 into destroot --->  Installing perl5.8  
> 5.8.8_1+darwin_8 --->  Activating perl5.8 5.8.8_1+darwin_8 --->   
> Cleaning perl5.8 --->  Fetching p5-pathtools --->  Attempting to  
> fetch PathTools-3.27.tar.gz from http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/modules/by-module/../../authors/id/K/KW/KWILLIAMS/ 
>  --->  Verifying checksum(s) for p5-pathtools --->  Extracting p5- 
> pathtools --->  Configuring p5-pathtools --->  Building p5-pathtools  
> with target all --->  Staging p5-pathtools into destroot --->   
> Installing p5-pathtools 3.27_0 --->  Activating p5-pathtools 3.27_0  
> --->  Cleaning p5-pathtools --->  Fetching p5-getopt-long --->   
> Attempting to fetch Getopt-Long-2.37.tar.gz from http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/modules/by-module/Getopt 
>  --->  Verifying checksum(s) for p5-getopt-long --->  Extracting p5- 
> getopt-long --->  Configuring p5-getopt-long --->  Building p5- 
> getopt-long with target all --->  Staging p5-getopt-long 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-getopt-long 2.37_0 --->  Activating p5-getopt-long  
> 2.37_0 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: / 
> opt/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Getopt/Long.pm is being used by the active  
> perl5.8 port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag  
> to force the activation.
>
> Michael

Thats how perl works when adding so-to-speak extensions.
Just do:
sudo port -df activate p5-getopt-long
as indicated by the error mesg above.

William Davis
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