Port update failure -- How do I fix?

[Chuck Swiger]

Tim Hogan wrote:
> So the bottom line is that I love the ports because I am by no means a 
> programer.  As long as I can type make install I am good to go.  The 
> problem is that I just tried to do an upgrade on some ports that were 
> out of date and I am now getting the error below.  A previous version 
> was installed but now the new version will not install.  How do I fix 
> this?  Thanks ahead of time for any help you can provide...

The odds are that you will need to install /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 and do a 
"use.perl port" in order to build many perl modules, since they expect a newer 
version of perl than what you seem to have.  Look at /usr/ports/CHANGES for 
more help and suggestions on how to upgrade perl and dependant perl ports in a 
reasonable fashion.

-- 
-Chuck

PS: You should probably discuss port-related questions on <freebsd-ports at ...>