[~] # perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.24, archname=i686-unknown-linux-gnu uname='linux ts509 2.6.24 #1 smp fri jul 18 01:47:30 cst 2008 i686 gnulinux ' config_args='-Dcc=gcc -Dprefix=/opt -Duseshrplib -de' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define 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='i686-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing' ccversion='', gccversion='4.2.1', 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='i686-unknown-linux-gnu-ld', ldflags =' -L/home/slug/optware/ts509/staging/opt/lib -Wl,-rpath,/opt/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/slug/optware/ts509/staging/opt/lib -Wl,-rpath,/opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux/CORE' libpth=/opt/lib /opt/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil libc=/lib/libc-2.6.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so gnulibc_version='2.6.1' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux/CORE' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/opt/lib -L/opt/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO Built under linux Compiled at May 16 2010 15:39:00 @INC: /opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux /opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i686-linux /opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 /opt/lib/perl5/site_perl .