Cannot install perl-5.6.1: problem in "make test"

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I have problems installing perl-5.6.1 which should be the newest
stable version according to CPAN. Symptom​: "./Configure" and "make"
work fine, but "make test" produces the following error​:

  base/cond............ok
  base/if..............ok
  base/lex.............FAILED at test 47
  Failed a basic test--cannot continue.
  make​: *** [test] Error 29

As you can imagine, I hesitate to do a "make install" after this
error message. :-)

What I tried till now​:

- built a shadow tree to the original 5.6.1 source tree (using
  "lndir")

- copied Policy.sh and config.sh from the 5.6.0 build tree

- ran "./Configure"

- ran "make"

- ran "make test" ...kaboom...

- tried this on OSF1-4.0f (=Tru64) and Irix-6.5​: same symptoms

- tried using the cc that comes with the respective OS and
  alternatively gcc-2.95.3​: same symptoms

- tried different compiler optimization flags​: same symptoms

- tried system malloc vs. perl malloc (in ./Configure)​: same symptoms

- tried running "./Configure" from the scratch (i.e. without old
  Policy.sh and config.sh files)​: same symptoms

- tried to comment out test #47 in t/base/lex.t​: symptoms now appear
  in test #48

- tried to remove all the tests #47-51 in t/base/lex.t​: symptoms now
  appear in the next test file t/base/pat.t .

Now I'm running out of ideas what to try next. :-) Never have had
similar problems with any older version of perl.

Is this a bug in 5.6.1, or did I do something wrong? If you need a
copy of my config.sh file or of some other files, please send a short
email so I can send those files to you.

Thanks for your help,

[p5pRT]

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