I have 2 machines, both installed from a RH 6.1 CD. Both report the same package number for perl, and both have Build Date: Mon 30 Aug 1999 11:13:44 However, the one on the dual CPU machine reports in perl -V Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Built under linux Compiled at Jan 31 2000 14:21:41 @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 And the old P5 reports: Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Built under linux Compiled at Aug 30 1999 23:09:51 @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 What has caused this (and other) differences in the perl install? This difference has been giving me major pains, until I found this out. While the knowledge doesn't ease the pains, it does make the source apparent. To the best of my knowledge, perl was NOT recompiled on the dual CPU, but the compile timestamps in the -V indicate otherwise. Help!? -- Duncan Hill Sapere aude My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.