Opened 12 years ago

Closed 12 years ago

#33493 closed defect (wontfix)

perl5 blocking update with os/x 10.6.8

Reported by: laurence.schenk@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.0.4
Keywords: Cc: ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
Port: perl5

Description (last modified by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)) 

sudo port upgrade outdated
--->  Computing dependencies for autoconf
--->  Dependencies to be installed: perl5
--->  Activating perl5 @5.12.3_1+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.
Error: Failed to install perl5
Log for perl5 is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5/perl5/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: perl5
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
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I tried deactivating the port and -f update.....

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Cc: ryandesign@… added
Description: modified (diff)
Port: perl5 added
Resolution: → wontfix
Status: new → closed

You must not have upgraded your ports in over a year; this was a hot problem quite some time ago after the perl ports were changed in r76485. In the future, you should upgrade more frequently.

"sudo port upgrade perl5.8" first. Then you can continue upgrading the rest of the outdated ports.

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