A simple used-to-be-quick build of "curl" now requires two different perls installed.
Perhaps unavoidable in some cases, but if you look around the web, this is in fact the #1 complaint about MacPorts: bloat. It might be an idea for the admins to "set" the perl version all ports will use (barring some actual real need for another), and then --- all-at-once -- change it to some new version to avoid this. And ideally we could look at changing it once every few years. Ken