Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.10-rc1, archname=amd64-linux uname='linux cerebro 2.6.10-rc1 #1 smp mon nov 22 05:47:21 cet 2004 x86_64 gnulinux ' config_args='-Duselargefiles -Dxuse64bitint -Uxuse64bitall -Dusemymalloc=y -Dcc=gcc-3.4 -Dccflags=-ggdb -Dcppflags=-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -Doptimize=-O4 -march=opteron -mtune=opteron -funroll-loops -fno-strict-aliasing -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dldflags=-L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -Dlibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -Darchname=amd64-linux -Dprefix=/opt/perl -Dprivlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Darchlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dvendorprefix=/opt/perl -Dvendorlib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/opt/perl -Dsitelib=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsitearch=/opt/perl/lib/perl5 -Dsitebin=/opt/perl/bin -Dman1dir=/opt/perl/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/opt/perl/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/opt/perl/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/opt/perl/man/man3 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3 -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -Uafs -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Uuseshrplib -Dd_dosuid -Dusethreads=undef -Duse5005threads=undef -Duseithreads=undef -Dusemultiplicity=undef -Demail=perl-binary@plan9.de -Dcf_email=perl-binary@plan9.de -Dcf_by=Marc Lehmann -Dlocincpth=/opt/perl/include /opt/include -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dmultiarch=undef -Dbin=/opt/perl/bin -des' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=y, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc-3.4', ccflags ='-ggdb -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O4 -march=opteron -mtune=opteron -funroll-loops -fno-strict-aliasing', cppflags='-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/opt/include -ggdb -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/include' ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2 (Debian 3.4.2-3)', 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='gcc-3.4', ldflags ='-L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='2.3.2' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/opt/perl/lib -L/opt/lib -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_64_BIT_INT USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_LARGE_FILES Built under linux Compiled at Nov 30 2004 01:00:09 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/root/src/sex" PERL5_CPANPLUS_CONFIG="/root/.cpanplus/config" PERLDB_OPTS="ornaments=0" PERL_UNICODE="SAL" @INC: /root/src/sex /opt/perl/lib/perl5 /opt/perl/lib/perl5 /opt/perl/lib/perl5 /opt/perl/lib/perl5 /opt/perl/lib/perl5 /opt/perl/lib/perl5 /opt/perl/lib/perl5 .