Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=9.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level uname='darwin omen.apple.com 9.0 darwin kernel version 9.0.0b5: mon sep 10 17:17:11 pdt 2007; root:xnu-1166.6~1release_ppc power macintosh ' config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe -Dldflags=-Dman3ext=3pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib' 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=define uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-arch i386 -arch ppc -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include', optimize='-O3', cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc -mmacosx-version-min=10.5', ldflags ='-arch i386 -arch ppc -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-arch i386 -arch ppc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API Locally applied patches: fix for regcomp CVE-2007-5116 security vulnerability Built under darwin Compiled at Dec 7 2007 09:37:29 @INC: /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.8.8 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8 /Library/Perl/5.8.6 /Library/Perl/5.8.1 . #### $ /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin/perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=8.10.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level uname='darwin sphinx 8.10.0 darwin kernel version 8.10.0: wed may 23 16:50:59 pdt 2007; root:xnu-792.21.3~1release_ppc power macintosh powerpc ' config_args='-ders -Dcc=gcc -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Ud_sigsetjmp -Uinstallusrbinperl -Ulocincpth= -Uloclibpth= -Ud_poll -Ui_poll -Ud_pthread_atfork -Ud_msg -Ud_lchown -Ud_attribute_format -Ud_attribute_malloc -Ud_attribute_nonnull -Ud_attribute_noreturn -Ud_attribute_pure -Ud_attribute_unused -Ud_attribute_warn_unused_result -Aldflags=-Wl,-search_paths_first -Alddlflags=-Wl,-search_paths_first -Accflags=-arch ppc -arch i386 -Aldflags=-arch ppc -arch i386 -Alddlflags=-arch ppc -arch i386 -Accflags=-nostdinc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/include/gcc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/gcc -isystem/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/include -F/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks -mmacosx-version-min=10.3 -Aldflags=-Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.3 -Alddlflags=-Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.3 -Accflags=-DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -Duselargefiles -Accflags=-DNO_HASH_SEED -Accflags=-DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -Dprefix=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8 -Dprivlib=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/lib -Darchlib=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/lib -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/site -Dsitelib=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/site/lib -Dsitearch=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/site/lib -Dsed=/usr/bin/sed -Duseshrplib -Dconfig_heavy=Config_dynamic.pl -Dcf_by=ActiveState -Dcf_email=support@ActiveState.com' 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=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -arch ppc -arch i386 -nostdinc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/include/gcc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/gcc -isystem/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/include -F/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks -mmacosx-version-min=10.3 -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe', optimize='-O3', cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -arch ppc -nostdinc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/include/gcc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/gcc -isystem/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/include -F/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks -mmacosx-version-min=10.3 -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe' ccversion='', gccversion='i686-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags =' -Wl,-search_paths_first -arch ppc -arch i386 -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.3' libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc libc=, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -Wl,-search_paths_first -arch ppc -arch i386 -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.3' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API USE_SITECUSTOMIZE Locally applied patches: ActivePerl Build 822 [280952] PerlEx support in CGI::Carp Less verbose ExtUtils::Install and Pod::Find Patch for CAN-2005-0448 from Debian with modifications Rearrange @INC so that 'site' is searched before 'perl' Partly reverted 24733 to preserve binary compatibility MAINT31223 plus additional changes 31324 Fix DynaLoader::dl_findfile() to locate .so files again 26970 Make Passive mode the default for Net::FTP 24699 ICMP_UNREACHABLE handling in Net::Ping Built under darwin Compiled at Jul 31 2007 19:44:51 @INC: /var/root/Library/ActivePerl/lib /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/site/lib /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/lib .