Build successful and all tests passed for Perl 5.8.7 on ia32-linux, ia64-linux, and sparc-solaris.
ia32-linux$ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.11.10, archname=i686-linux uname='linux linus1 2.6.11.10 #1 smp wed may 18 14:54:55 cdt 2005 i686 gnulinux ' config_args='' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-I/gsc/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-I/gsc/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2', 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', ldflags ='-L/gsc/lib -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/gsc/lib /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='2.3.2' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/gsc/lib -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES Built under linux Compiled at Jul 13 2005 13:37:36 ia64-linux$ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.8-2-mckinley-smp, archname=ia64-linux uname='linux linusit1 2.6.8-2-mckinley-smp #1 smp fri may 27 19:38:30 mdt 2005 ia64 gnulinux ' config_args='' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-I/gsc/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-I/gsc/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='gcc', ldflags ='-L/gsc/lib -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/gsc/lib /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='2.3.2' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/gsc/lib -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_64_BIT_INT USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_LARGE_FILES Built under linux Compiled at Jul 13 2005 13:37:36 sparc-solaris$ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration: Platform: osname=solaris, osvers=2.8, archname=sun4-solaris uname='sunos elegans 5.8 generic_108528-29 sun4u sparc ' config_args='-Dprefix=/gsc -Dcc=gcc' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-I/gsc/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-I/gsc/include -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe' ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2', gccosandvers='solaris2.8' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='gcc', ldflags ='-L/gsc/lib ' libpth=/gsc/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib libs=-lsocket -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/gsc/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES Built under solaris Compiled at Jul 13 2005 13:38:03 -- David Dooling