5.3 Using Perl

Table 5-1. Variables for ports that use Perl

Variable Means
USE_PERL5 Says that the port uses Perl 5 to build and run.
PERL  
PERL_VERSION The full version of Perl installed (e.g., 5.00503).
PERL_VER The short version of Perl installed (e.g., 5.005).
PERL_ARCH Where Perl stores architecture dependent libraries. Defaults to ${ARCH}-freebsd.
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