Thanks, James. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:47 PM, James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Apr 4, 2008, at 7:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:30:09 -0400 > > From: William Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: p5-test-harness conflict with perl5.8 @5.8.8_2 > > To: Roger Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > On Apr 4, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Roger Hoover wrote: > > > > After upgrading my perl5.8 port to 5.8.8_2, I'm getting a conflict > > > with the p5-test-harness port. Ultimately, I'm trying to install p5- > > > dbi but the dependency chain breaks on p5-test-harness. Anyone else > > > having this problem? > > > > > > sudo port install p5-test-harness > > > ---> Fetching p5-test-harness > > > ---> Verifying checksum(s) for p5-test-harness > > > ---> Extracting p5-test-harness > > > ---> Configuring p5-test-harness > > > ---> Building p5-test-harness with target all > > > ---> Staging p5-test-harness into destroot > > > You must install or activate this package with '-f' (force) as it > > > needs to overwrite files installed by the perl5.8 port > > > ---> Installing p5-test-harness 2.64_1 > > > ---> Activating p5-test-harness 2.64_1 > > > Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/ > > > local/bin/prove is being used by the active perl5.8 port. Please > > > deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force the > > > activation. > > > Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. > > > > > > > > > > > sudo port -df activate p5-test-harness > > > > that will "force" the activation. This is normal for pearl. There are > > a fair number of pearl modules that work this way. > > > > > > > s/pearl/perl/; > > I don't know enough about macports yet to comment on the macports-specific > issues at hand. But let me note that Perl 5.8.0 was released in July 2002 > and Test::Harness was one of its core modules. Both Perl and Test::Harness > have evolved considerably since then. In particular, Test::Harness > underwent a major change at version 2.64 -- precisely the version noted in > the message above. The current stable release of Perl is 5.10 (released > December 2007) and the version of Test::Harness that accompanied Perl 5.10 > is basically the same as that in 2.64. > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users >
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