libgsf fails to see installed XML::parser and fails to install

[raramayo (Rodolfo Aramayo)]

When trying to install it gives me the following: ==========

--->  Computing dependencies for libgsf
--->  Fetching archive for libgsf
--->  Attempting to fetch libgsf-1.14.21_0.darwin_10.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/libgsf
--->  Fetching libgsf
--->  Attempting to fetch libgsf-1.14.21.tar.bz2 from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/libgsf
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for libgsf
--->  Extracting libgsf
--->  Configuring libgsf
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Log for libgsf is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgsf/libgsf/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

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and the log file clearly shows that XML::parser is the culprit: ==========

:info:configure checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
:info:configure checking whether to build static libraries... yes
:info:configure checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no
:info:configure checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
:info:configure checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
:info:configure checking for pkg-config... /opt/local/bin/pkg-config
:info:configure checking whether NLS is requested... yes
:info:configure checking for intltool >= 0.35.0... 0.40.6 found
:info:configure checking for intltool-update... /opt/local/bin/intltool-update
:info:configure checking for intltool-merge... /opt/local/bin/intltool-merge
:info:configure checking for intltool-extract... /opt/local/bin/intltool-extract
:info:configure checking for xgettext... /opt/local/bin/xgettext
:info:configure checking for msgmerge... /opt/local/bin/msgmerge
:info:configure checking for msgfmt... /opt/local/bin/msgfmt
:info:configure checking for gmsgfmt... /opt/local/bin/msgfmt
:info:configure checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
:info:configure checking for perl >= 5.8.1... 5.12.3
:info:configure checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool
:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgsf/libgsf/work/libgsf-1.14.21" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --without-python --disable-schemas-install " returned error 2
: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 libgsf): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:configure Log for libgsf is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgsf/libgsf/main.log

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Yet both:

  p5-xml-sax-expat @0.400.0_3 (active)
  p5.12-xml-sax-expat @0.400.0_3 (active)

are installed

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Please attach the complete log file. What version of Mac OS X are you running?