oaf does not find perl: installing fvwm2 on 10.6

[kummini@…]

OS: 10.6

Xcode: version shipped with OS.

Here is the log from 'sudo port install fvwm2'

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checking for perl... no configure: error: perl not found; required for xml-i18n-tools Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_oaf/work/oaf-0.6.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1 DEBUG: Backtrace: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_oaf/work/oaf-0.6.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1

while executing

"$procedure $targetname" Warning: the following items did not execute (for oaf): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gnome-libs oaf readline xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xpm Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. To report a bug, see <​http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

khasaak:~ manoj$ which perl

/opt/local/bin/perl

khasaak:~ manoj$ which perl5

/opt/local/bin/perl5

khasaak:~ manoj$ file which perl

/opt/local/bin/perl: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

# That is file <backtick> which perl <backtick>; it was reformatted by this ticket form.

khasaak:~ manoj$ file which perl5

/opt/local/bin/perl5: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

The path macport sees (specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf) is

# PATH settings that are used for external tools (configure, make, etc.) while installing ports. The default

# paths are given in the example; it need not be uncommented. Customizing binpath is intended for advanced users only.

#binpath /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin