If you also upgrade perl5.8 then it gets rid of a2p and replaces it
with a2p-5.8 (or something like that) so after you upgrade that you
can activate perl5 without problems.  Of course there are still the
other issues...

Scott

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Marko Käning <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What am I supposed to do ??
>>
>> The following installed ports are outdated:
>> perl5                          5.8.9_0 < 5.12.3_0
>> perl5.8                        5.8.9_3 < 5.8.9_4
>> All Done
>> iMac:~ mark$ sudo port upgrade perl5
>> --->  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_0
>> --->  Activating perl5.12 @5.12.3_0
>> --->  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_0+perl5_12
>> --->  Deactivating perl5 @5.8.9_0
>> --->  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_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5/main.log
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I had the same problem. I tried once more to activate the port an all was 
> fine:
>
> sudo port activate perl5
>
> Since at this state the port is already successfully installed, but for some 
> reason unable to get activated during the upgrade process. Could be that some 
> perl processes are still running at this momen.
>
> Let me know whether the activation solves this issue also for you.
>
> Greets,
> Marko
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