# which perl.exe
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This will tell you exactly where it is and which one it is using. This can also be helpful determining if you have multiple binaries of the same name which one is actually being executed.

And also show us the results of a perl -v please.

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naChoZ

Here you are ...

Gorio

[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/veritas:
$ which perl
/usr/local/bin/perl
[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/veritas:
$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuratio
+n:
  Platform:
    osname=cygwin, osvers=1.3.22(0.7832), archname=cygwin-multi-64int
    uname='cygwin_nt-4.0 iokaste 1.3.22(0.7832) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 
+unknown unknown cygwin '
    config_args='-de -Dmksymlinks -Dusemultiplicity -Duse64bitint -Dop
+timize=-O2 -Dman3ext=3pm'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultipl
+icity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=y, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.2 20020927 (prerelease)', gccosandvers
+=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='of
+f_t', lseeksize=4
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld2', ldflags =' -s -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lcrypt -lutil
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -s'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_64_BIT_INT USE_LARGE_FILES PE
+RL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
  Built under cygwin
  Compiled at Mar 30 2003 17:34:10
  %ENV:
    CYGWIN=""
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .
[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/veritas:
$ perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.0 built for cygwin-multi-64int

Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.

[HoltCX01@is-0084526]~/veritas:
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Wow, that is odd. Hmmm... the only thing I can think of is there might be a shebang line with a bad path in the Makefile.PL.

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naChoZ