If you see op/pack, op/pat, op/regexp, or ext/Storable tests failing
in a Linux/alpha or *BSD/Alpha, it's probably time to upgrade your gcc.
gccs prior to 2.95.3 are definitely not good enough, and gcc 3.1 may
-be even better. (RedHat Linux/alpha with gcc 3.1 reported no problems.)
+be even better. (RedHat Linux/alpha with gcc 3.1 reported no problems,
+as did Linux 2.4.18 with gcc 2.95.4.) (In Tru64, it is preferable to
+use the bundled C compiler.)
=head2 BeOS