Tried it on another machine and I don't know how the @INC is being defined.
Looks like perl wants 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-netbsd (which doesn't exist)
but what I'm getting as a directory is
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-netbsd-thread-multi

perl -V gives:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 5) configuration:
   Platform:
     osname=netbsd, osvers=2.99.11, archname=i386-netbsd
     uname='netbsd kerry.i8u.org 2.99.11 netbsd 2.99.11 (kerry) #14: sat dec 11 13:23:54 pst 2004 htodd@kerry.i8u.org:usrobjsysarchi386compile.i386kerry i386 '
     config_args='-sde -Dprefix=/usr/pkg -Dscriptdir=/usr/pkg/bin -Darchname=i386-netbsd -Dcc=cc -Doptimize=-O2 -I/usr/include -Dinstallstyle=lib/perl5 -Duseshrplib -Ui_malloc -Uusemymalloc -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dman3ext=3 -Dman3dir=/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.5/man/man3 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3 -Dman1dir=/usr/pkg/man/man1 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/pkg -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/pkg/man/man1 -Uuseithreads -Dlibswanted=m crypt'
     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
     usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
     useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
     use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
   Compiler:
     cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/pkg/include',
     optimize='-O2 -I/usr/include',
     cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/pkg/include'
     ccversion='', gccversion='3.3.3 (NetBSD nb3 20040520)', 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 =' -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib  -L/usr/pkg/lib'
     libpth=/usr/pkg/lib /usr/lib
     libs=-lm -lcrypt
     perllibs=-lm -lcrypt
     libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
     gnulibc_version=''
   Dynamic Linking:
     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-netbsd/CORE'
     cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC ', lddlflags=' -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib --whole-archive -shared  -L/usr/pkg/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
   Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
   Built under netbsd
   Compiled at Dec 11 2004 14:49:04
   @INC:
     /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-netbsd
     /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
     /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl
     /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-netbsd
     /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.5
     .



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