diff --git a/perl/build.sh b/perl/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a generic build.sh script
+# It can be used nearly unmodified with many packages
+# 
+# build.sh helper functions
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/build.sh.functions
+#
+###########################################################
+# Check the following 4 variables before running the script
+topdir=perl
+version=5.8.8
+pkgver=1
+source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
+# If there are no patches, simply comment this
+#patch[0]=
+
+# Source function library
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/buildpkg.functions
+ 
+# Global settings
+make_check_target="test"
+__configure="sh Configure"
+arch_name="sun4-solaris"
+configure_args="-Dcc='gcc' -Darchname=${arch_name} -Dprefix=$prefix -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dcf_by='Tom G. Christensen' -Dcf_email='swpkg@jupiterrise.com' -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dinstallprefix=${stagedir}${prefix} -Dman3ext=3pm -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dpager='/usr/bin/more' -Dlocincpth='/usr/tgcware/include' -Dloclibpth='/usr/tgcware/lib' -des"
+
+reg prep
+prep()
+{
+    generic_prep
+}
+
+reg build
+build()
+{
+    setdir source
+    $__configure -Dcc='gcc' -Darchname=${arch_name} -Dprefix=$prefix -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dcf_by='Tom G. Christensen' -Dcf_email='swpkg@jupiterrise.com' -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dinstallprefix=${stagedir}${prefix} -Dman3ext=3pm -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dpager='/usr/bin/more' -Dlocincpth='/usr/tgcware/include' -Dloclibpth='/usr/tgcware/lib' -des
+    ${__make} LDDLFLAGS="-shared -L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib" CLDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
+}
+
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
+reg install
+install()
+{
+    generic_install UNKNOWN
+    new_perl_lib=${stagedir}${prefix}/lib/$version
+    new_arch_lib=${stagedir}${prefix}/lib/$version/${arch_name}
+    new_perl_flags="export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$new_arch_lib/CORE; export PERL5LIB=$new_perl_lib;"
+    new_perl="${stagedir}${prefix}/bin/perl"
+    echo "new_perl = $new_perl"
+    # fix the packlist and friends
+    $new_perl -i -p -e "s|$stagedir||g;" ${stagedir}${prefix}/lib/perl5/$version/${arch_name}/.packlist
+    $new_perl -i -p -e "s|$stagedir||g;" ${stagedir}${prefix}/lib/perl5/$version/${arch_name}/Config.pm
+    $new_perl -i -p -e "s|$stagedir||g;" ${stagedir}${prefix}/lib/perl5/$version/${arch_name}/Config_heavy.pl
+    for i in ${stagedir}${prefix}/bin/*
+    do
+        if [ ! -z "`head -1 $i|grep perl`" ]; then
+            $new_perl -i -p -e "s|$stagedir||g;" $i
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+reg pack
+pack()
+{
+    generic_pack
+}
+
+reg distclean
+distclean()
+{
+    clean distclean
+}
+
+###################################################
+# No need to look below here
+###################################################
+build_sh $*
diff --git a/perl/meta/pkgdef b/perl/meta/pkgdef
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+[perl]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}${topdir}"
+name="$topdir - The Perl programming language"
+pkgcat="application"
+pkgvendor="http://www.perl.org"
+pkgdesc="Perl is a high-level programming language"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+$_bindir
+$_libdir
+$_mandir
diff --git a/perl/meta/relnotes b/perl/meta/relnotes
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+PACKAGE DETAILS
+---------------
+Name:	    %%PKGNAME%%
+Version:    %%SOURCE_AND_VER%%
+Vendor:	    %%VENDOR%%
+Packager:   %%PKGEDBY%%
+
+Source (sha1sum):
+%%SOURCE_SHA1SUM%%
+
+BUILD DETAILS
+-------------
+Compiler:
+%%COMPILER%%
+
+Environment:
+%%ENVIRONMENT%%
+
+Configure:
+%%CONFIGURE%%
+
+KNOWN DEPENDENCIES
+------------------
+%%DEPENDENCIES%%
+
+ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS
+--------------------