Perl 5.8.9 port activation failed

David Evans devans at macports.org
Thu Jan 8 10:33:58 PST 2009


Shawn Protsman wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Frank Schima wrote:
>
>> sudo port -f activate perl5.8
>
> Thanks for the tip, Frank. Unless I'm doing something wrong, it didn't
> work out for me:
>
> @naiad ~] sudo port -f activate perl5.8
> Password:
> --->  The following versions of perl5.8 are currently installed:
> --->      perl5.8 @5.8.8_3+darwin_9
> --->      perl5.8 @5.8.9_1
> Error: port activate failed: Registry error: Please specify the full
> version as recorded in the port registry.
>
> @naiad ~] sudo port -f activate perl5.8.9_1
> Error: port activate failed: Registry error: perl5.8.9_1 not
> registered as installed.
>
> Ideas?
Try

sudo port -f activate perl5.8 @5.8.9_1


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