I downloaded perl-5.12.5 tarball and followed compile directions. make test failed. I tried "perl harness" and got this: 
Test Summary Report
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../ext/POSIX/t/posix.t      (Wstat: 0 Tests: 66 Failed: 0)
  TODO passed:   11
../lib/locale.t                    (Wstat: 0 Tests: 117 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  99
Files=1806, Tests=350140, 639 wallclock secs (36.87 usr 12.68 sys + 27
+9.50 cusr 53.72 csys = 382.77 CPU)
Result: FAIL

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How do i interpret this info? It looks like there is one failure in locale.t . I don't think I need to worry about what I think is locale functions. How vital is this section? How do I pin down what test had trouble then track it down?

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