It seems to work fine on the latest Perl for me:
cnighswonger@cnighswonger-dt:~/Repositories/PDF-Reuse-0.35_02$ ls
Changes Makefile.PL MANIFEST META.yml README Reuse Reuse.pm test.pl Util
cnighswonger@cnighswonger-dt:~/Repositories/PDF-Reuse-0.35_02$ perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for PDF::Reuse
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cnighswonger@cnighswonger-dt:~/Repositories/PDF-Reuse-0.35_02$ make
cp Reuse/Util.pm blib/lib/PDF/Reuse/Util.pm
cp Reuse.pm blib/lib/PDF/Reuse.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/PDF/Reuse.pm (blib/lib/auto/PDF/Reuse)
Manifying blib/man3/PDF::Reuse.3pm
cnighswonger@cnighswonger-dt:~/Repositories/PDF-Reuse-0.35_02$ make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl
1..8
# Running under perl version 5.018002 for linux
# Current time local: Wed Dec 3 22:47:22 2014
# Current time GMT: Thu Dec 4 03:47:22 2014
# Using Test.pm version 1.26
ok 1
ok 2
ok 3
ok 4
ok 5
ok 6
If you have ok for everything this far, PDF::Reuse can be used
Will test the optional requirements for True Type Fonts and UTF8 characters
ok 7
ok 8
cnighswonger@cnighswonger-dt:~/Repositories/PDF-Reuse-0.35_02$ perl -v
This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 41 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2013, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at
http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
cnighswonger@cnighswonger-dt:~/Repositories/PDF-Reuse-0.35_02$
