There are two glitches in the promary make (this is prior to make test):

libxml2 doesn't support DOCBparser, #warning "The DOCBparser module has been deprecated in libxml2-2.6.0" and a created file typemap was not located in the proper place. However, still have bugs even after fixing that. It appears that the module is motheaten relative to something in the rest of my system.

Thanks, all!

Update: The FreeBSD ports version installs correctly. Thanks for your tips which helped further my understanding of the CPAN process!! :D