Perl 5.005 on Freebsd 5.3

[Benjamin Walkenhorst]

Volker Lieder wrote:

> Hello list,
> i need the perlversion 5.005 on Freebsd 5.3.
> I tried to compile it by hand, but when i try "make" i got an error like
> make: don't know how to make <built-in>. Stop
> I need this perl-version only for one application :-/
> Perhaps anybody has an idea.
> I also need version 5.8.5, but thats not the problem.
> Perhaps you can help me.

Have you tried gmake?
Some programs that won't build with FreeBSD's make build just
fine using gmake. It's always the first thing I try when make fails.
Otherwise, you can look for a binary package - even if it's old,
you can probably get it to run with COMPAT_*

Hope this helps,
Benjamin