I have a fresh install of RedHat Linux 9, with the stock Perl RPM (perl-5.8.0-88). I have installed several other modules using CPAN (v1.76) with no problems, but the Filter::Handle (version 0.03) module fails on the 'test' phase :

  CPAN.pm: Going to build B/BT/BTROTT/Filter-Handle-0.03.tar.gz
 
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Filter::Handle
cp Handle.pm blib/lib/Filter/Handle.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Filter::Handle.3pm
  /usr/bin/make  -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl
1..5
ok 1
ok 2
make: *** test_dynamic Segmentation fault (core dumped)
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

Attempts to 'force' install of this module results in Perl scripts that core dump when trying to use this module's functions.

Numerous searches on this particular error have returned only minimal results, and confirm that I'm not the only one with this error.

This machine (dual-Athlon,3GB RAM,SCSI disks,etc) was previously running RedHat 7.3 with this module happily installed (the upgrade to RH9 was a clean install). A second machine (Dell c800 Latitude laptop) also with a clean install of RedHat 9 exhibits the same exact module install problems.

On a related note, the CPAN install of Archive::Zip also failed, due to a corrupted 'Makefile' generation. According to Bugzilla (see Bugzilla #87682), the solution is to upgrade to the Perl RPM from 'Rawhide 1.0', which is now Fedora Core 1's perl-5.8,1-92 RPM. Upgrading to this newer Perl package (and all the related dependencies), the install of Archive::Zip now works, but the install of Filter::Handle still fails in the 'test' phase.

I'm at a loss how to even begin to tackle this problem. Is this a Redhat/Fedora, Perl or a Filter::Handle module problem?