problem with /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8

[Michael Beckmann]

--On Freitag, 23. Juli 2004 16:38 +0300 Odhiambo Washington 
<wash at wananchi.com> wrote:

> * Charlie Root <michael at apfel.de> [20040720 03:04]: wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 11:49:45AM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>> > Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>> > > I am trying to install perl-5.8.4 on a 4.10-STABLE box, but the build
>> > > always fails with MIME::Base64.
>> >
>> > Did you have an older version of perl-5.8 on that system?  You might
>> > find  it useful to pkg_delete p5-* and the older perl before building
>> > 5.8.4.
>>
>> I have the same problem. It is not solved by following your suggestion.
>>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Ever gotten a solution to the perl stuff??

Yes, the solution was to remove the old file 
/usr/local/include/patchlevel.h . After that, I could build the perl 5.8.5 
port just fine.

The solution was posted here:

<http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-perl/2004-July/000154.html>

I guess the reason why -stable users are experiencing the problem is, that 
they often have old upgraded systems which have stale files lying around.

Michael