Scarily enough perl in Snow Leopard is compiled as both 32 and 64 bit, and when you build extensions it builds them as both too (and ppc too).
This can be confusing when you have 32-bit libraries installed.
neptune:Imager tony$ export VERSIONER_PERL_PREFER_32_BIT=no
neptune:Imager tony$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
Platform:
osname=darwin, osvers=10.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
uname='darwin neige.apple.com 10.0 darwin kernel version 10.0.0d8: tue may 5 19:29:59 pdt 2009; root:xnu-1437.2~2release_i386 i386 '
config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe -Dldflags= -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib -Dinc_version_list=none -Dcc=gcc-4.2'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc-4.2', ccflags ='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',
optimize='-Os',
cppflags='-g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='gcc-4.2 -mmacosx-version-min=10.6', ldflags ='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc
libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_64_BIT_ALL
USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES
USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API
Locally applied patches:
/Library/Perl/Updates/<version> comes before system perl directories
installprivlib and installarchlib points to the Updates directory
Built under darwin
Compiled at Jun 24 2009 00:35:27
@INC:
/Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0
/System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/5.10.0
/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Library/Perl/5.10.0
/Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0
/Network/Library/Perl
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0
.
neptune:Imager tony$ export VERSIONER_PERL_PREFER_32_BIT=yes
neptune:Imager tony$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
Platform:
osname=darwin, osvers=10.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
uname='darwin neige.apple.com 10.0 darwin kernel version 10.0.0d8: tue may 5 19:29:59 pdt 2009; root:xnu-1437.2~2release_i386 i386 '
config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe -Dldflags= -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib -Dinc_version_list=none -Dcc=gcc-4.2'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc-4.2', ccflags ='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',
optimize='-Os',
cppflags='-g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='gcc-4.2 -mmacosx-version-min=10.6', ldflags ='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc
libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS
USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API
Locally applied patches:
/Library/Perl/Updates/<version> comes before system perl directories
installprivlib and installarchlib points to the Updates directory
Built under darwin
Compiled at Jun 24 2009 00:35:28
@INC:
/Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0
/System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/5.10.0
/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Library/Perl/5.10.0
/Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0
/Network/Library/Perl
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0
.
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