% uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 JOHNT-XP 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2007-12-14 19:21 i686 Cygwin

% perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=cygwin, osvers=1.5.24(0.15642), archname=cygwin-thread-multi-64int
    uname='cygwin_nt-5.1 reini 1.5.24(0.15642) 2007-01-31 10:57 i686 cygwin '
    config_args='-de -Dmksymlinks -Duse64bitint -Dusethreads -Uusemymalloc -Doptimize=-O3 -Dman3ext=3pm -Dusesitecustomize -Dusedevel'
    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=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld2', ldflags =' -s -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -s'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
                        USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES
                        USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API USE_SITECUSTOMIZE
  Locally applied patches:
	CYG01 - hints.cygwin.sh ldflags -s
	CYG02 - lib-ExtUtils-Embed insensitive against leading \s
	CYG03 - lib-Test-Harness-Straps $ENV{PERL5LIB} = ''
	CYG04 - major.version.cygwin.sh cygperl-5_8.dll and not cygperl-5_8_x.dll
	CYG05 - add Win32CORE to core
	CYG07 - File-Spec-Cygwin-TMPDIR.patch
	Bug#38628 - allow legacy Cwd->cwd()
	Bug#40103 - File-Spec-case_tolerant.patch from 5.9.5
  Built under cygwin
  Compiled at Jul  8 2007 19:12:08
  %ENV:
    CYGWIN="server"
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8
    .