Automake version mismatch - can't install anything via ports

[Phil Cryer]

While trying to update automake19 I messed something up, now even though I can pkg_add it, it fails to update via ports.  Worse still I can't install ANY ports now, even though I've run portupdate, rm -rf /usr/ports/*/*/work and everything else suggested.  Here's the error when I try to install automake19:

[root at pepe /usr/ports]# cd devel/automake19
[root at pepe /usr/ports/devel/automake19]# make install
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in /usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>   automake-1.9.5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.6 - found

This forum is my thread, showing all that I have tried, but I'm getting worried that nothing there is helping, so I wanted to open it up to a larger audience.
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31728&highlight=aclocal+%60configure.ac

Thanks

P