On 2009-01-08 09:51:23 -0700, Frank Schima wrote: > Hi Shawn, > > On Jan 8, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Shawn Protsman wrote: > >> This repeats a number of times. >> >> The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated >> ---> Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_1 >> Error: Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_1 failed: Image error: /opt/local/ >> bin/corelist already exists and does not belong to a registered port. >> Unable to activate port perl5.8. >> ---> Activating perl5.8 @5.8.9_1 >> >> How can I resolve this issue? > > Just force the activate: > > sudo port -f activate perl5.8
Do NOT do that! Using -f can also hide other problems. It's much better to remove the file and retry without -f. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users