While I'm sitting here waiting for morning, I decided to fix a problem that's been bothering me.  For a long time, I've been using a perl module called Convert::IBM390 to access data from our AS/400 at work.  This module is not available in the FreeBSD ports collection, but it is available from CPAN.  Every time I upgrade Perl though, I have to reinstall this module manually.  I've been waiting for someone to port the module.  I finally broke down and did it myself.

The module doesn't require any patches or anything to install on FreeBSD so I figured it would be pretty straightforward.  After reading through the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, it really was.  I've got the package on both my FreeBSD servers so that it can be upgraded from portupgrade automagically.  I've also submitted the port to the FreeBSD ports collection.  We'll just have to see how long it takes for them to add it.