Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 4) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.20-28.7bigmem, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux bulldog 2.4.20-28.7bigmem #1 smp thu dec 18 11:04:21 est 2003 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-de -Dinc_version_list=none -Dprefix=/usr/local/apps/perl-5.8.4'
    hint=recommended, 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 -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113)', 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 -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.2.5'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    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 Apr 27 2004 21:32:07
  @INC:
    /usr/local/apps/perl-5.8.4/lib/5.8.4/i686-linux
    /usr/local/apps/perl-5.8.4/lib/5.8.4
    /usr/local/apps/perl-5.8.4/lib/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux
    /usr/local/apps/perl-5.8.4/lib/site_perl/5.8.4
    /usr/local/apps/perl-5.8.4/lib/site_perl
    .