pear install issue

[Avinash Piare]

Hi,
 
For little over a week now i've been trying to install
Mamboserver/Gallery/Squirrelmail. These ports all need the executable pear
sometime during the install. I keep getting the same error every single time
i try to install these ports (in this particular example it tries to install
php5-pear-x.x.):
 
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear
===>  Installing for php5-pear-5.0.4_4
===>   php5-pear-5.0.4_4 depends on executable: pear - not found
===>    Verifying install for pear in /usr/ports/devel/php5-pear

So everytime i need pear i get the same error ".... depends on executable:
pear - not found"
 
I removed my whole ports dir and got a new one from my cvs server, but i
still get the same error and it's driving my crazy not to be able to locate
the problem. I also tried to install /usr/port/devel/pear-PEAR, and i get
the same error as above ".... depends on executable: pear - not found" How
can that be, as i'm installing it ??
 
I'm running 5.4-RELEASE-p2 on amb64 hardware with a amd64 build kernel
 
Does anyone recocnize this issue ? Have i looked over anything ? 
 
Regards,
 
Avinash