Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=solaris, osvers=2.8, archname=i86pc-solaris-thread-multi uname='sunos thor 5.8 generic_117351-46 i86pc i386 i86pc' config_args='' 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=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -xO3 -xarch=386 -xspace -xildoff -I/opt/csw/bdb44/include -I/opt/csw/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-xO3 -xarch=386 -xspace -xildoff', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -xO3 -xarch=386 -xspace -xildoff -I/opt/csw/bdb44/include -I/opt/csw/include' ccversion='Sun C 5.8 Patch 121016-05 2007/01/10', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=4, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags ='-xarch=386 -L/opt/csw/bdb44/lib -L/opt/csw/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib -L/lib' libpth=/usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib /opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib /lib /opt/csw/lib libs=-lsocket -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb-4.4 -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldb-4.4 -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.8.8 gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-R /opt/csw/lib' cccdlflags='-KPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/opt/csw/bdb44/lib -L/opt/csw/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib -L/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 USE_SITECUSTOMIZE Built under solaris Compiled at Mar 16 2007 11:31:22 @INC: /opt/csw/lib/perl/5.8.8 /opt/csw/share/perl/5.8.8 /opt/csw/lib/perl/site_perl /opt/csw/share/perl/site_perl /opt/csw/share/perl/site_perl /opt/csw/lib/perl/csw /opt/csw/share/perl/csw /opt/csw/share/perl/csw .