in reply to Perl 5.10 & perl 5.8.3 solaris
Don't have any specific help for you, but I discovered recently that the Perl that ships with Solaris is not the most reliable of things. If it's an option, I'd recommend installing your own version. You can compile it yourself, or better yet download it.
As an added bonus, the perl on that site was also built with gcc, meaning you'll probably have less problems installing certain CPAN modules.
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