Perl 5.8.9 port activation failed

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2009-01-08 09:51:23 -0700, Frank Schima wrote:
> 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 The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated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

Do NOT do that! Using -f can also hide other problems. It's much better
to remove the file and retry without -f.

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