mod_perl HELP!

[Bart Silverstrim]

Can someone help?  When I try going into /usr/ports/www/mod_perl and 
"make install", I get:
===>  Installing for mod_perl-1.29
===>   mod_perl-1.29 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/apxs - found
===>   mod_perl-1.29 depends on file: 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/LWP.pm - found
===>   mod_perl-1.29 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.4 - found
===>   mod_perl-1.29 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.4 - found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if www/mod_perl already installed
(cd ./apaci && PERL5LIB=/usr/ports/www/mod_perl/work/mod_perl-1.29/lib: 
make)
make: don't know how to make /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.4/mach/Config.pm. 
Stop
*** Error code 2

I think the problem is that PERL is now at 5.8.5; when trying to 
portupgrade apache, I had an error to the effect that it couldn't find 
a perl 5.8.4 binary, and when I symlinked perl.5.8.4 to perl.5.8.5, it 
installed from ports.  But mod_perl refuses.  Is his a ports problem??

Can someone confirm this error?

System:
4.9-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p9

-Bart