This might actually be due to the version of File::Spec being used by FindBin. I see that FC2 uses version 1.5 of File::Spec::Unix, whereas Redhat 9 (Shrike) uses 1.4. Here's a subset of the diff: 
< $VERSION = '1.5';
---
> $VERSION = '1.4';
>
> use Cwd;
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<
<     $self->canonpath(join('/', @_, '')); # '' because need a trailin
+g '/'
---
>     my @args = @_;
>     foreach (@args) {
>       # append a slash to each argument unless it has one there
>       $_ .= "/" if $_ eq '' || substr($_,-1) ne "/";
>     }
>     return $self->canonpath(join('', @args));
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It would appear that the trailing slash is considered more "correct" but was not functioning correctly in the older version?

At any rate, if you use the catfile() and catdir() methods from File::Spec, the dreaded '//' problem should not be an issue.

Matt

In reply to Re: FindBin works different on Fedora Core 2? by mojotoad
in thread FindBin works differently on Fedora Core 2? by samtregar

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