"I think the first thing to obtain and peruse is the perl -V output from the user's m1/m2 system"

here you go:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 34 subversion 1) configuration
+:
   
  Platform:
    osname=darwin
    osvers=22.3.0
    archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
    uname='darwin venturaa.local 22.3.0 darwin kernel version 22.3.0: 
+mon jan 30 20:39:35 pst 2023; root:xnu-8792.81.3~2release_arm64_t8103
+ arm64 '
    config_args='-des -Dprefix=/opt/local -Dscriptdir=/opt/local/bin -
+Dvendorprefix=/opt/local -Dusemultiplicity=y -Dusethreads -Duseshrpli
+b -Dcc=/usr/bin/cc -Dman1ext=1pm -Dman3ext=3pm -Dinstallstyle=lib/per
+l5 -Dman1dir=/opt/local/share/man/man1p -Dman3dir=/opt/local/share/ma
+n/man3p -Dsitebin=/opt/local/libexec/perl5.34/sitebin -Dsiteman1dir=/
+opt/local/share/perl5.34/siteman/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/opt/local/share/
+perl5.34/siteman/man3 -Dvendorbin=/opt/local/libexec/perl5.34 -Dvendo
+rman1dir=/opt/local/share/perl5.34/man/man1 -Dvendorman3dir=/opt/loca
+l/share/perl5.34/man/man3 -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -sR -Dperlpath=/opt/l
+ocal/bin/perl5.34 -Dstartperl=#!/opt/local/bin/perl5.34 -Acppflags=-I
+/opt/local/include  -Accflags=-pipe -Os   -Alddlflags=-L/opt/local/li
+b -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names   -Aldflags=-L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-
+headerpad_max_install_names  '
    hint=recommended
    useposix=true
    d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define
    usemultiplicity=define
    use64bitint=define
    use64bitall=define
    uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n
    default_inc_excludes_dot=define
  Compiler:
    cc='/usr/bin/cc'
    ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN  -pipe -Os   -fno-strict-alias
+ing -fstack-protector-strong -I/opt/local/include -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUT
+ENV'
    optimize='-O3'
    cppflags='-I/opt/local/include  -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN  -pipe -
+Os   -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-strong -I/opt/local/inclu
+de'
    ccversion=''
    gccversion='Apple LLVM 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)'
    gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4
    longsize=8
    ptrsize=8
    doublesize=8
    byteorder=12345678
    doublekind=3
    d_longlong=define
    longlongsize=8
    d_longdbl=define
    longdblsize=8
    longdblkind=0
    ivtype='long'
    ivsize=8
    nvtype='double'
    nvsize=8
    Off_t='off_t'
    lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8
    prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='/usr/bin/cc'
    ldflags ='  -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names   -f
+stack-protector-strong'
    libpth=/opt/local/lib /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/
+clang/14.0.0/lib /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX13.1.
+sdk/usr/lib /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm
    perllibs=
    libc=
    so=dylib
    useshrplib=true
    libperl=libperl.dylib
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs
    dlext=bundle
    d_dlsymun=undef
    ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' '
    lddlflags='  -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/opt/local/lib -W
+l,-headerpad_max_install_names   -fstack-protector-strong'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options:
    HAS_TIMES
    MULTIPLICITY
    PERLIO_LAYERS
    PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
    PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
    PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
    PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
    PERL_OP_PARENT
    PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV
    PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
    USE_64_BIT_ALL
    USE_64_BIT_INT
    USE_ITHREADS
    USE_LARGE_FILES
    USE_LOCALE
    USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
    USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
    USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC
    USE_LOCALE_TIME
    USE_PERLIO
    USE_PERL_ATOF
    USE_REENTRANT_API
    USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE
  Built under darwin
  Compiled at Feb 24 2023 04:18:24
  @INC:
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.34
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.34
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.34

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I'm not really sure what to look for in this output, I see USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC among the active compile time options but that's also the case with the Perl on my Linux PC so that by itself should not be the cause of the issue.

In reply to Re^5: weird problem with macports perl on apple m1/m2 based system by perltux
in thread weird problem with macports perl on apple m1/m2 based system by perltux

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