I've had to compile and old version of perl 5.8.8 from source and found it to be picky if the OS is x64.  To resolve this, you need to specify the lib directory during the configure step

Configure -des -Dplibpth='/lib64 /usr/lib64' -Dprefix=/path/to/install/perl

Here is yet another IT related blog.

So what is the point of this blog? I'm at the point in my current job and career where things are rapidly evolving.  Its getting harder to keep up with all the documentation to keep things straight in my head. So this blog is meant really only for my personal reference, but if you happen to cross it via a google search, I hope you find the information useful