1. If I build perl to an x86 arch higher than i386, will the resultant perl be willing to use modules in a directory like /usr/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-freebsd, if I say that it should be included in @INC ??

This contains things from my hosting provider, for which I don't have access to source. On the face of it, using modules compiled for a predecessor arch should be OK...

2. Does anyone know of a utility program that discovers and displays the x86 architecture of a machine that it's run on? The tech support people at my hosting provider have a hard time with Qs like "what processor is my site running on?"

3. I want to build a perl with setuid capability. Can I answer "Does your kernel have *secure* setuid scripts?" with "yes" for freeBSD-6.3?

Thanks for being there,
cmac
www.animalhead.com

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