Can't install perl5.12 on PPC Mac

[vendion@…]

When I try to install perl5.12 on my PowerBook G4 running 10.5.8 it errors out with the following output:

Odin:~ vendion$ sudo port install perl5.12
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for perl5.12
--->  Staging perl5.12 into destroot
Error: No files have been installed in the destroot directory!
Error: Please make sure that this software supports 'make install DESTDIR=${destroot}' or implement an alternative destroot mechanism in the Portfile.
Error: Files might have been installed directly into your system, check before proceeding.
Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: can't read "portname": no such variable
Log for perl5.12 is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5.12/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
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[vendion@…]

main.log file from port install perl5.12

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please remember to review WikiFormatting and use the preview button, fill in the port field, and Cc the maintainer.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please clean perl5.12 and generate a log that starts from the beginning.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

No response; closing.