Thanks for the help Rob.

I figured it out any way - I'm a total knob.
I had PERL5LIB set, unset it and magically it works!

I didn't check PERL5LIB because I know I didn't set it my self. In fact I still can't find where it is being set. I have checked the usual suspects:
.bash_profile
.bashrc
/etc/bashrc
/etc/*
But I guess that's a question for a different user group.

Just goes to show that the bad guy from Under Seige 2 was right.
"Assumption is the mother of all fuckups."

Thanks again
Steven

In reply to Re^2: Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by smoyse
in thread Problem building Perl 5.8.8 by smoyse

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