since most packages look for perl>=5.0 i've installed 5.6 which build just
fine.  since perl wasn't installed at all it was building 5.8 by default.

whee!!

-brian
-- 
"Performing a Google search on the fairly unique name you've chosen weeks
ago for a piece of software you're writing, only to discover that the
sole occurance of that name is as a pen-name for someone who spends his
spare time writing X-rated PowerPuff Girls fan fiction is pretty-much a
buzzkill."				-- Jonathan Patschke --