#32262: Cannot install Perl via MacPorts on Lion -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: jrzeznik1@… | Owner: ricci@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: | Port: perl5.12 -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment(by nbest@…): I can't explain this, but I seem to have gotten past this error by simply saying: {{{ sudo port -v selfupdate sudo port upgrade outdated }}} Neither action did much that was obvious but it must have appeased the Macports gods somehow. {{{ $ sudo port -v selfupdate Password: ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync receiving file list ... done base.tar sent 10864 bytes received 111 bytes 7316.67 bytes/sec total size is 3226624 speedup is 294.00 receiving file list ... done base.tar.rmd160 sent 64 bytes received 116 bytes 120.00 bytes/sec total size is 512 speedup is 2.84 MacPorts base version 2.0.3 installed, MacPorts base version 2.0.3 downloaded. ---> Updating the ports tree Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar receiving file list ... done ports.tar sent 48638 bytes received 31761 bytes 22971.14 bytes/sec total size is 48078336 speedup is 598.00 receiving file list ... done ports.tar.rmd160 sent 64 bytes received 636 bytes 466.67 bytes/sec total size is 512 speedup is 0.73 Creating port index in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports Adding port devel/npm Adding port devel/qbzr Adding port devel/upower Adding port editors/xemacs Adding port graphics/GraphicsMagick Adding port graphics/graphviz-devel Adding port graphics/graphviz-gui-devel Adding port graphics/gvedit-devel Adding port net/librsync Adding port net/youtube-dl Adding port python/py-celery Adding subport py26-celery Adding subport py27-celery Adding port python/py-pymongo Adding subport py25-pymongo Adding subport py26-pymongo Adding subport py27-pymongo Adding port security/policykit Adding port sysutils/beanstalkd Adding port tex/BibTool Total number of ports parsed: 20 Ports successfully parsed: 20 Ports failed: 0 Up-to-date ports skipped: 13071 ---> MacPorts base is already the latest version The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run port upgrade outdated lep:macports nbest$ sudo port upgrade outdated Error: No ports matched the given expression }}} After that my original install command was able to proceed beyond perl5.12. It's still running but I'm optimistic. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32262#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS