Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 1) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.9-89.0.3.elsmp, archname=i686-linux-thread-multi uname='linux kiew013 2.6.9-89.0.3.elsmp #1 smp sat jun 13 07:05:54 edt 2009 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux ' config_args='-Dprefix=/opt/perl_5.10.1 -Dmydomain=.dal.xxx.com -Dcf_email=perl@dal.xxx.com -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dperlpath=/opt/perl_5.10.1/bin/perl -Dinstallman1dir=/opt/perl_5.10.1/man/man1 -Dman1dir=/opt/perl_5.10.1/man/man1 -Dinstallman3dir=/opt/perl_5.10.1/man/man3 -Dman3dir=/opt/perl_5.10.1/man/man3 -Dperladmin=perl@dal.xxx.com -Dprivlib=/opt/perl_5.10.1/lib -Darchlib=/opt/perl_5.10.1/lib -Dsitelib=/opt/perl_5.10.1/lib -Dsitearch=/opt/perl_5.10.1/lib -Dscriptdir=/opt/perl_5.10.1/bin -Dsitescript=/opt/perl_5.10.1/bin -Ubincompat5005 -Dlibperl=libperlifx.so -Dcc=gcc -m32 -Dld=gcc -m32 -Dldflags=-Wl,-rpath,/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib -Dbin=/opt/perl_5.10.1/bin -Dbinexp=/opt/perl_5.10.1/bin -Dsitebin=/opt/perl_5.10.1/bin -Dlocincpth=/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/include -Dloclibpth=/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib -Dglibpth=/usr/lib /lib -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -Dsed=/bin/sed -Doptimize=-O2 -march=pentium4 -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-rpath,/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib -Dyacc=bison -y -Dccflags=-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -de' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc -m32', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2 -march=pentium4', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.3.3', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=4, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='gcc -m32', ldflags ='-Wl,-rpath,/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib -L/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib' libpth=/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib /usr/lib /lib libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.3.4.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperlifx.so gnulibc_version='2.3.4' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/opt/perl_5.10.1/lib/CORE' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -Wl,-rpath,/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib -L/opt/perl_5.10.1/ext/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API Built under linux Compiled at Apr 26 2010 10:52:39 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/opt/lsf_7.0.6/share/exec/lib" @INC: /opt/lsf_7.0.6/share/exec/lib /opt/perl_5.10.1/lib .