perl5, perl5.* changes

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Feb 26, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Mark Hattam wrote:
> 
> iMac:~ mark$ sudo port activate perl5 @5.12.3_0+perl5_12
> --->  Computing dependencies for perl5
> --->  Activating perl5 @5.12.3_0+perl5_12
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate perl5' to force the activation.
> Log for perl5 is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_perl5_5.12.3_0+perl5_12/main.log
> Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for perl5 @5.12.3_0+perl5_12
> --->  Activating perl5 @5.12.3_0+perl5_12
> Error: port activate failed: Image error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate perl5' to force the activation.

you probably 'want' to deactivate or uninstall perl5.8 and then activate your perl5.12 install

(and then you probably need to rebuild all of your p5-ports, to be sure you catch all of the ones that need to be rebuilt)

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