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.