On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 20:18:43 -0800, tonyc wrote: > Inside the perl build directory please run: > > ./miniperl -Mversion -e0 > > Please include everything that outputs if it fails. I have this same issue when trying to build stock 5.28 (or .30) Perl on armv5tel (Linux v5.1, GCC 8.3.0, glibc 2.29). perl-5.30.0$ ./miniperl -I./cpan/version/lib -I./lib -Mversion -e0 Can't use string ("version::regex::LAX_DOTTED_DECIM"...) as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use at cpan/version/lib/version.pm line 21. Compilation failed in require. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133803