What version of perl? What version of MakeMaker? Which modules? Are you installing via CPAN.pm or downloading the modules and doing perl Makefile.PL;make;make test;make install or other?
I am installing via CPAN modules and the version of perl is 5.6.1.
the exact command is "perl -MCPAN -e shell" then "make MD5". As for the "perl -V ", look for the aformentioned output of it on my original post.