Description of problem: perl 5.6.1 include in redhat 8 doesn't fully support >2g files Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Version : 5.6.1 Release : 26.72.3 How reproducible: Easily reproducible Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a file larger than 2 gig. (dd if=/dev/zero of=test.file bs=1024 count=3000000000) 2.perl -e 'print -M test.file' (This should print the size of the file. It works if test.file is smaller than 2 gig) Actual results: The value returned by -M is undefined. Expected results: -M should return the size of the file, and does if the file is smaller than 2 gig. Additional info:
Red Hat 8 ships with perl 5.8.0, not perl 5.6.1. Perl 5.8.0 in RH 8 does support large files.