$ gdb --args perl -e'dump'
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
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This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/perl -edump
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
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[New Thread 0xb7cfd8c0 (LWP 7206)]

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread 0xb7cfd8c0 (LWP 7206)]
0xb7eea424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb7eea424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7d5b956 in kill () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0x080a9e3b in Perl_my_unexec ()
#3  0x080ec065 in Perl_pp_goto ()
#4  0x080b1879 in Perl_runops_standard ()
#5  0x080ac6a0 in perl_run ()
#6  0x08063ddd in main ()
(gdb) q
The program is running.  Exit anyway? (y or n) y

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sh Configure -des -Doptimize="-g" -Dprefix=$HOME/tmp_perl
make
make test
make install