$ perl -MScalar::Util=weaken -e'weaken(\my $var)' Weak references are not implemented in the version of perl at -e line 0 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. #### $ locate Util.so /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/List/Util/Util.so /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/APR/Util/Util.so /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Apache2/ConnectionUtil/ConnectionUtil.so /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Apache2/RequestUtil/RequestUtil.so /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Apache2/ServerUtil/ServerUtil.so /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Apache2/Util/Util.so /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/ModPerl/Util/Util.so #### $ perl -e 'print join( "\n", @INC), "\n";' /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .