Verified. Both return 5.8.3 from 'perl -v'. However, the one on Fedora2 was built for i386-linux-thread-multi and the one on Fedora1 was build for i686-linux. I don't know why that would effect FindBin...
I really think this has to do with the abs_path() implementation in Cwd.pm. Much of Cwd, including the abs_path() functionality, is written as XS and therefore lives down in arch-specific directories. Somehow the versions in each of your arch directories differ.

Finally, in the Changes file, I note the following (I don't know if it's pertinent to your situation): 

2.15  Fri Jan 16 08:09:44 CST 2004
                                                                      
+          
 - Fixed a problem on static perl builds - while creating
   Makefile.aperl, it was loading a mismatched version of Cwd from
   blib/ .

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shrug

Matt

Update: I could be barking up the wrong tree here. In the versions I've been playing with, the following statements are in FindBin.pm: 

FindBin.pm version 1.43

     # Get absolute paths to directories
     $Bin     = abs_path($Bin)     if($Bin);
     $RealBin = abs_path($RealBin) if($RealBin);

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FindBin.pm version 1.44

     # Get absolute paths to directories
     $Bin     = abs_path($Bin)    unless (!$Bin || File::Spec->file_na
+me_is_absolute($Bin));
     $RealBin = abs_path($RealBin) unless (!$RealBin || File::Spec->fi
+le_name_is_absolute($RealBin));

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In the first case, abs_path() is being invoked, whereas in the second case, it is not. The conditionals have changed.

In reply to Re^7: FindBin works different on Fedora Core 2? by mojotoad
in thread FindBin works differently on Fedora Core 2? by samtregar

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