sudo port install p5-svn-simple
--->  Fetching perl5.8
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for perl5.8
--->  Extracting perl5.8
--->  Applying patches to perl5.8
--->  Configuring perl5.8
--->  Building perl5.8 with target all
--->  Staging perl5.8 into destroot
--->  Installing perl5.8 5.8.8_0+darwin_8
--->  Activating perl5.8 5.8.8_0+darwin_8
--->  Cleaning perl5.8
--->  Fetching subversion-perlbindings
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for subversion-perlbindings
--->  Extracting subversion-perlbindings
--->  Configuring subversion-perlbindings
--->  Building subversion-perlbindings with target swig-pl
--->  Staging subversion-perlbindings into destroot
--->  Installing subversion-perlbindings 1.4.3_0
--->  Activating subversion-perlbindings 1.4.3_0
--->  Cleaning subversion-perlbindings
--->  Configuring p5-svn-simple
Error: Target com.apple.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports_perl_p5-svn-simple/work/SVN-Simple-0.27" && /opt/local/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor " returned error 9
Command output: 
===> Warning: SVN::Core missing or outdated.
Please manually install SVN::Core by compiling Subversion
(version 0.31.0 or above) with SWIG/Perl bindings,
and try this installation process again.
Writing Makefile for SVN::Simple::Edit

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.