Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=darwin, osvers=8.7.0, archname=darwin-2level
    uname='darwin spinynorman.local 8.7.0 darwin kernel version 8.7.0: fri may 26 15:20:53 pdt 2006; root:xnu-792.6.76.obj~1release_ppc power macintosh powerpc '
    config_args=''
    hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
    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='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4 cc', ldflags =''
    libpth=/usr/lib
    libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -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=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO
  Built under darwin
  Compiled at Jul 29 2006 15:25:52
  @INC:
    /Users/elliot/opt/perl/perl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/darwin-2level
    /Users/elliot/opt/perl/perl-5.8/lib/5.8.8
    /Users/elliot/opt/perl/perl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/darwin-2level
    /Users/elliot/opt/perl/perl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8
    /Users/elliot/opt/perl/perl-5.8/lib/site_perl
    /Users/elliot/opt/perl/perl-5.8/elliot/lib
    .