Re: Perl 5.42.1 is now available!

On Mon, 9 Mar 2026 19:20:57 +0000, Steve Hay via perl5-porters
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Did it (or does it) work with 5.42.0?

All versions fail. This is the culprit:

  First time through, eh?  I have some defaults handy for some systems
  that need some extra help getting the Configure answers right:

  ...

  Which of these apply, if any? [linux]  

  You don't have an ELF gcc.  I will use dld if possible.  If you are
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This may have started in Fedora 42, earlier Fedora versions did not give
problems:

  You appear to have ELF support.  I'll try to use it for dynamic loading.
  If dynamic loading doesn't work, read hints/linux.sh for further information.