Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.20-31.9smp, archname=i686-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux research4 2.4.20-31.9smp #1 smp tue apr 13 17:40:10 edt 2004 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
    config_args='-d -e'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef 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', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.4', 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/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/db-4.3.27.NC/build_unix -L/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/expat-1.95.7/.libs -L/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/openssl-0.9.7d/blib/lib -L/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/gdbm-1.8.3/.libs -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/db-4.3.27.NC/build_unix /devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/expat-1.95.7/.libs /devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/openssl-0.9.7d/blib/lib /devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/gdbm-1.8.3/.libs /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -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/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/db-4.3.27.NC/build_unix -L/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/expat-1.95.7/.libs -L/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/openssl-0.9.7d/blib/lib -L/devel/sandbox/_last_build_sandbox/ese/ese/gdbm-1.8.3/.libs -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
  Built under linux
  Compiled at May 18 2008 21:42:19
  @INC:
    /usr/local/ese/perl/lib/5.8.6/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/local/ese/perl/lib/5.8.6
    /usr/local/ese/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/local/ese/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.6
    /usr/local/ese/perl/lib/site_perl
    .