perl -V

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.9-11.elsmp, archname=i686-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux icas2 2.6.9-11.elsmp #1 smp fri may 20 18:26:27 edt 2005 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686  -Dmyhostname=icas2 -Dperladmin=sporkdev@asu.edu -Dcf_by=Spork Devs -Dcf_email=sporkdev@asu.edu -Dinstallprefix=/opt/local/ASL -Dprefix=/opt/local/ASL -Dvendorprefix=/opt/local/ASL -Dsiteprefix=/opt/local/ASL -Uuseshrplib -Dlibpth=/lib /usr/lib /opt/local/ASL/lib  -Dglibpth=/lib /usr/lib /opt/local/ASL/lib  -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Ui_ndbm -Ui_gdbm -Uinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly'
    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='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686 ',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.3 20050227 (Red Hat 3.4.3-22.1)', 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='cc', ldflags =''
    libpth=/lib /usr/lib /opt/local/ASL/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.3.4.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.3.4'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP THREADS_HAVE_PIDS USE_ITHREADS
                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Mar 23 2006 14:20:30
  @INC:
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/5.8.8
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8
    /opt/local/ASL/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
    .