> > 4) make sure you're version of cpan isn't old and buggy. I've seen some old > versions of CPAN (ie: the one that came with redhat 7.1) decide to install > a whole new copy of perl in order to install SA.
If you are running RH7.0 still (not sure about 7.1) you will need a new copy of perl. perl-5.6.0-9 has a broken DB::File interface and you need the errata release perl-5.6.0-10a. Ragnar
