perl5, perl5.* changes

[Mark Hattam]

On 26 Feb 2011, at 16:25, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> 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)
> 
> --
> Daniel J. Luke                                                                   

The output from the initial "upgrade" says

>> --->  Deactivating perl5 @5.8.9_0

So is it perl5 that needs deleting or the /opt/local/bin/a2p ... whatever that is?

Mark