On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got the following problem with upgrading perl when doing an 'sudo port 
> upgrade outdated':
>
> --->  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.
>

Probably your perl5.8 installation got deactivated after this error
happened, so you can now activate perl5 (without forcing) without
problems.  This isn't the usual situation... there is a bunch of
discussion in the list archives if you want to do some more reading :)

Scott
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