> perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 3) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-9.elsmp, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi uname='linux bugs.devel.redhat.com 2.4.21-9.elsmp #1 smp thu jan 8 17:08:56 est 2004 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux ' config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Dversion=5 .8.3 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/u sr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd _dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ex t=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr /bin/less -isr -Dinc_version_list=5.8.2 5.8.1 5.8.0' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=de fine useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGI NG -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_ BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm', optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-st rict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm' ccversion='', gccversion='3.3.2 20031218 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-5)', gccosandv ers='' 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='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so gnulibc_version='2.3.2'