I am using ActivePerl 5.8.8.817 Perl -V below:
U:\>perl -V Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special) Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=de fine useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYP T -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-DWIN32' ccversion='12.00.8804', gccversion='3.4.2 (mingw-special)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64', lseeksi ze=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='gcc', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -libpath:"C:\ Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86' libpth=\lib libs=-lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 - lodbccp32 -lmsvcrt perllibs=-lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshel l32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc 32 -lodbccp32 -lmsvcrt libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl58.lib gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_SITECUSTOMIZE Locally applied patches: ActivePerl Build 817 [257965] Iin_load_module moved for compatibility with build 806 PerlEx support in CGI::Carp Less verbose ExtUtils::Install and Pod::Find Patch for CAN-2005-0448 from Debian with modifications Partly reverted 24733 to preserve binary compatibilty 27528 win32_pclose() error exit doesn't unlock mutex 27527 win32_async_check() can loop indefinitely 27515 ignore directories when searching @INC 27359 Fix -d:Foo=bar syntax 27210 Fix quote typo in c2ph 27203 Allow compiling swigged C++ code 27200 Make stat() on Windows handle trailing slashes correctly 27194 Get perl_fini() running on HP-UX again 27133 Initialise lastparen in the regexp structure 27034 Avoid "Prototype mismatch" warnings with autouse 26970 Make Passive mode the default for Net::FTP 26921 Avoid getprotobyname/number calls in IO::Socket::INET 26897,26903 Make common IPPROTO_* constants always available 26670 Make '-s' on the shebang line parse -foo=bar switches 26379 Fix alarm() for Windows 2003 26087 Storable 0.1 compatibility 25861 IO::File performace issue 25084 long groups entry could cause memory exhaustion 24699 ICMP_UNREACHABLE handling in Net::Ping Built under MSWin32 Compiled at Mar 20 2006 17:54:25 @INC: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib . U:\> ==== I will look at the other stuff tomorrow if I get a chance before going on vacation. :Robert