bash-3.00# perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 9) configuration: Platform: osname=solaris, osvers=2.10, archname=sun4-solaris-thread-multi uname='sunos indialab103 5.10 generic_142909-17 sun4u sparc sunw,sun-fire-v440 ' config_args='' 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='/usr/sfw/bin/gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV', optimize='-O', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe' ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)', gccosandvers='solaris2.10' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321 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='/usr/sfw/bin/gcc', ldflags =' ' libpth=/usr/lib /usr/sfw/lib libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV USE_FAST_STDIO USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API Built under solaris Compiled at Mar 7 2012 05:00:33 @INC: /usr/local/perl.5.8.9/lib/5.8.9/sun4-solaris-thread-multi /usr/local/perl.5.8.9/lib/5.8.9 /usr/local/perl.5.8.9/lib/site_perl/5.8.9/sun4-solaris-thread-multi /usr/local/perl.5.8.9/lib/site_perl/5.8.9