When calling out to perl doing system "perl ..." is incorrect first of all because the current perl might not be the one in PATH.
It is better to use $^X or to use Probe::Perl So I wonder if there could be (or if there already is) a CPAN smoker setup where the only "perl" in PATH is a fake perl that catches the cases when something is trying to execute it - a honeypot - that could be then reported to the author with the hope s/he will fix the module. Is someone already doing this? regards Gabor