I don't have a SCO box to test on, but this seems a bit suspicious... You mention Time::HiRes specifically. From Changes5.8 in the 5.8.7 distribution: 
 10953 By: jhi                                   on 2001/06/26  12:33:55
        Log: Subject: PATCH ext/Time/HiRes/Makefile.PL perl@10929 Test Fails on SCO
             From: Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>                          
             Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:29:57 +0100 (BST)   
             Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106261021540.18774-100000@orpheus.gellyfish.com>
             
             SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 needs an explicit -lc for usleep().
     Branch: perl                                                    
           + ext/Time/HiRes/hints/sco.pl
           ! MANIFEST

If I were you, I might try compiling a 5.6 Perl.

In reply to Re: static build of perl - how? by socketdave
in thread static build of perl - how? by ghee2ghee

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