#28830: port upgrad outdated fails with error: /opt/local/bin/a2p is being used by the active perl5.8 port. -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: macports.org@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: | Port: -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Upgrading failed at perl 5.12: {{{ # port upgrade outdated ---> Fetching pkgconfig ---> Verifying checksum(s) for pkgconfig ---> Extracting pkgconfig ---> Applying patches to pkgconfig ---> Configuring pkgconfig ---> Building pkgconfig ---> Staging pkgconfig into destroot ---> Installing pkgconfig @0.25_2 ---> Deactivating pkgconfig @0.25_1 ---> Activating pkgconfig @0.25_2 ---> Cleaning pkgconfig ---> Fetching perl5.12 ---> Attempting to fetch perl-5.12.3.tar.bz2 from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/perl5.12 ---> Verifying checksum(s) for perl5.12 ---> Extracting perl5.12 ---> Applying patches to perl5.12 ---> Configuring perl5.12 ---> Building perl5.12 ---> Staging perl5.12 into destroot ---> Installing perl5.12 @5.12.3_1 ---> Activating perl5.12 @5.12.3_1 ---> Cleaning perl5.12 ---> Computing dependencies for perl5 ---> Fetching perl5 ---> Verifying checksum(s) for perl5 ---> Extracting perl5 ---> Configuring perl5 ---> Building perl5 ---> Staging perl5 into destroot ---> Computing dependencies for perl5 ---> Installing perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12 ---> Deactivating perl5 @5.8.9_0 ---> 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. Log for perl5 is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5/main.log ---> Computing dependencies for p5-xml-parser ---> 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/main.log Error: The following dependencies were not installed: perl5 Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> }}} However, I managed to ugrade Perl5.8 {{{ # port upgrade perl5.8 ---> Fetching perl5.8 ---> Verifying checksum(s) for perl5.8 ---> Extracting perl5.8 ---> Applying patches to perl5.8 ---> Configuring perl5.8 ---> Building perl5.8 ---> Staging perl5.8 into destroot ---> Installing perl5.8 @5.8.9_4 ---> Deactivating perl5.8 @5.8.9_3 ---> Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_4 ---> Cleaning perl5.8 }}} Then I found out that there are quite a lot of Perl versions installed: {{{ # port installed | grep perl perl5 @5.8.9_0 perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12 perl5.12 @5.12.3_1 (active) perl5.8 @5.8.9_3 perl5.8 @5.8.9_4 (active) }}} I worked around the problem as follows: {{{ # port uninstall perl5 @5.8.9_0 ---> Uninstalling perl5 @5.8.9_0 # port uninstall perl5.8 @5.8.9_3 ---> Uninstalling perl5.8 @5.8.9_3 }}} After that, "port upgrade outdated" succeeded. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28830> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS