perl ports fail with Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[Dan Coats]

Does a better backtrace enable anyone to provide any information?
 # gdb perl perl5.8.8.core 
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warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
Core was generated by `perl5.8.8'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/CORE/libperl.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/CORE/libperl.so
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libutil.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libutil.so.4
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.5...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.5
Reading symbols 
from /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/auto/IO/IO.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/auto/IO/IO.so
Reading symbols 
from /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/auto/Socket/Socket.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/auto/Socket/Socket.so
Reading symbols 
from /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
Reading symbols 
from /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/Socket6/Socket6.so...done.
Loaded symbols 
for /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/Socket6/Socket6.so
Reading symbols 
from /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/List/Util/Util.so...done.
Loaded symbols 
for /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/List/Util/Util.so
Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
#0  0x2811b284 in Perl_sv_setsv_flags (dstr=0x7473694c, sstr=0x281bddc8, 
flags=2) at sv.c:3700
3700	sv.c: No such file or directory.
	in sv.c
(gdb) bt
#0  0x2811b284 in Perl_sv_setsv_flags (dstr=0x7473694c, sstr=0x281bddc8, 
flags=2) at sv.c:3700
#1  0x282f8f08 in boot_List__Util () 
from /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach/auto/List/Util/Util.so
#2  0x281133b4 in Perl_pp_entersub () at pp_hot.c:2913
#3  0x280f3896 in Perl_runops_debug () at dump.c:1459
#4  0x2809bd99 in S_call_body (myop=0xbfbfe500, is_eval=0 '\0') at perl.c:2731
#5  0x2809b93a in Perl_call_sv (sv=0x8654fe8, flags=6) at perl.c:2646
#6  0x280a0253 in S_call_list_body (cv=0x8654fe8) at perl.c:5200
#7  0x2809fe46 in Perl_call_list (oldscope=6, paramList=0x8654fac) at 
perl.c:5129
#8  0x280d5bfb in Perl_newATTRSUB (floor=198, o=0x8659f48, proto=0x0, 
attrs=0x0, block=0x865a848) at op.c:4525
#9  0x280d1af1 in Perl_utilize (aver=1, floor=198, version=0x0, 
idop=0x862d948, arg=0x0) at op.c:3098
#10 0x280c90bd in Perl_yyparse () at perly.y:423
#11 0x2814c49f in S_doeval (gimme=0, startop=0x0, outside=0x0, seq=882) at 
pp_ctl.c:2927
#12 0x2814e636 in Perl_pp_require () at pp_ctl.c:3462
#13 0x280f3896 in Perl_runops_debug () at dump.c:1459
#14 0x2809aeb1 in S_run_body (oldscope=1) at perl.c:2366
#15 0x2809a96d in perl_run (my_perl=0x804d030) at perl.c:2283
#16 0x08049169 in main (argc=9, argv=0xbfbfeaa8, env=0xbfbfead0) at 
perlmain.c:99