Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.32-5-amd64, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi uname='linux zigzag 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 smp mon oct 3 03:59:20 utc 2011 x86_64 gnulinux ' config_args='-de -Dprefix=/home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2 -Dusethreads' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define 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 ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.5', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/../lib /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib /lib64 /usr/lib64 libs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.11.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='2.11.2' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API Built under linux Compiled at Jan 2 2012 11:51:35 %ENV: PERLBREW_HOME="/home/ron/.perlbrew" PERLBREW_PATH="/home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/bin:/home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin" PERLBREW_PERL="perl-5.14.2" PERLBREW_ROOT="/home/ron/perl5/perlbrew" PERLBREW_VERSION="0.29" @INC: /home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/site_perl/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/site_perl/5.14.2 /home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /home/ron/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/5.14.2 .