help2man configure failure: "perl module Locale::gettext required"

[ruditoronto@…]

#FYI I'm a newbie

Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Log for help2man is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

and the log:

:msg:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/help2man
:msg:fetch --->  Verifying checksum(s) for help2man
:debug:checksum checksum phase started at Sun Apr  3 21:00:58 EDT 2011
:debug:checksum Executing org.macports.checksum (help2man)
:info:checksum --->  Checksumming help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz
:debug:checksum Correct (md5) checksum for help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz
:debug:checksum Correct (sha1) checksum for help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz
:debug:checksum Correct (rmd160) checksum for help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz
:msg:checksum --->  Extracting help2man
:debug:extract extract phase started at Sun Apr  3 21:00:58 EDT 2011
:debug:extract Executing org.macports.extract (help2man)
:info:extract --->  Extracting help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz
:debug:extract setting option extract.args to '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/help2man/help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz'
:debug:extract Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.6'
:debug:extract Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/work" && /usr/bin/gzip -dc '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/help2man/help2man-1.39.2.tar.gz' | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf -'
:debug:patch patch phase started at Sun Apr  3 21:00:58 EDT 2011
:debug:patch Executing org.macports.patch (help2man)
:debug:patch Executing proc-post-org.macports.patch-patch-0
:msg:patch --->  Configuring help2man
:debug:patch Using compiler 'Mac OS X gcc 4.2'
:debug:configure configure phase started at Sun Apr  3 21:00:58 EDT 2011
:debug:configure Executing org.macports.configure (help2man)
:debug:configure Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' CPPFLAGS='-I/opt/local/include' CXXFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.6' PERL='/opt/local/bin/perl' CXX='/usr/bin/g++-4.2' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' F90FLAGS='-pipe -O2 -m64' LDFLAGS='-L/opt/local/lib -arch x86_64' OBJC='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2' FCFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -m64' INSTALL='/usr/bin/install -c' OBJCFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' FFLAGS='-pipe -O2 -m64' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' CC='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2'
:debug:configure Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/work/help2man-1.39.2" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-nls'
:info:configure checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
:info:configure checking for module Locale::gettext... no
:info:configure checking for msgfmt... /opt/local/bin/msgfmt
:info:configure checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
:info:configure checking whether the C compiler works... yes
:info:configure checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
:info:configure checking for suffix of executables... 
:info:configure checking whether we are cross compiling... no
:info:configure checking for suffix of object files... o
:info:configure checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
:info:configure checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 accepts -g... yes
:info:configure checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89... none needed
:info:configure checking for library containing dlsym... none required
:info:configure checking for library containing bindtextdomain... -lintl
:info:configure configure: error: perl module Locale::gettext required
:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/work/help2man-1.39.2" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-nls " returned error 1
:error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for help2man): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:configure Log for help2man is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_help2man/main.log

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please remember to fill in the Port field, and use a summary that describes the specific problem. This is a duplicate of #28486.