Bug #43786 for Regexp-Common: 2.122 t/test_squares fails many tests

> platform is Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Leopard):
>
> #uname -a
> Darwin hawkins.local 9.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov 24
> 17:37:00 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386
>
> #perl -V
> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
> Platform:
> osname=darwin, osvers=9.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
> uname='darwin b04.apple.com 9.0 darwin kernel version 9.3.0: tue aug
> 12 17:18:07 pdt 2008; root:xnu-1228.5.90~13release_i386 i386 '
> config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe
> -Dldflags=-Dman3ext=3pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib'
> hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
> usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define
> usemultiplicity=define
> useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
> use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef
> usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
> Compiler:
> cc='cc', ccflags ='-arch i386 -arch ppc -g -pipe -fno-common
> -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing
> -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include',
> optimize='-O3',
> cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN
> -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdeclaration-after-statement
> -I/usr/local/include'
> ccversion='', gccversion='4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)',
> gccosandvers=''
> intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
> d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
> ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
> lseeksize=8
> alignbytes=8, prototype=define
> Linker and Libraries:
> ld='cc -mmacosx-version-min=10.5.6', ldflags ='-arch i386 -arch ppc
> -L/usr/local/lib'
> libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
> libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc
> perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc
> libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true,
> libperl=libperl.dylib
> gnulibc_version=''
> Dynamic Linking:
> dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
> cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-arch i386 -arch ppc -bundle -undefined
> dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib'
>
>
> Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
> Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
> PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES
> USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API
> Locally applied patches:
> fix for regcomp CVE-2007-5116 security vulnerability
> fix for double-free CVE-2008-1927 security vulnerability
> Built under darwin
> Compiled at Jan 13 2009 10:02:17
> %ENV:
> PERL5LIB="/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin"
> @INC:
> /sw/lib/perl5
> /sw/lib/perl5/darwin
> /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8
> /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /Library/Perl/5.8.8
> /Library/Perl
> /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8
> /Network/Library/Perl
> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level
> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8
> /Library/Perl/5.8.6
> /Library/Perl/5.8.1
> .