Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.3, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux lik.grenekatz.org 2.6.3 #5 sun feb 29 22:24:31 local time zone must be set--see zic manu i686 amd athlon(tm) xp 2500+ authenticamd gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dmksymlinks -Dprefix=/home/josh/perl5.8.3 -de'
    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-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)', 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 =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    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='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Mar  1 2004 14:04:37
  @INC:
    /home/josh/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3/i686-linux
    /home/josh/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3
    /home/josh/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/i686-linux
    /home/josh/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3
    /home/josh/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl
    .