Perl 5.8.9 port activation failed

[Frank Schima]

Hi Shawn,


On Jan 8, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Shawn Protsman wrote:

> This repeats a number of times.
>
> The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated
> --->  Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_1
> Error: Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_1 failed: Image error: /opt/local/ 
> bin/corelist already exists and does not belong to a registered  
> port.  Unable to activate port perl5.8.
> --->  Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_1
>
>
> How can I resolve this issue?

Just force the activate:

sudo port -f activate perl5.8

You must have encountered an error of some kind in the past which left  
the files installed but not in the registry.


Cheers!
Frank