Problem with Perl5 and PostgreSQL 6.5

PostgreSQL 6.5
pgsql_perl5 version 1.8.0

bash-2.02$ perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd

Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall
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bash-2.02$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration: Platform:   osname=freebsd, osvers=3.0-release,
archname=i386-freebsd  uname='freebsd tnt.diff.org 3.0-release freebsd 3.0-release #0: mon jun 28
 
20:57:43 cest 1999 root@tnt.diff.org:usrsrcsyscompilenatdkrn3.1 i386 '   hint=recommended, useposix=true,
d_sigaction=define  usethreads=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef Compiler:   cc='cc', optimize='-O',
gccversion=2.7.2.1  cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'   ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include'   stdchar='char',
d_stdstdio=undef,usevfork=true   intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8   d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8,
d_longdbl=define,longdblsize=12   alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define Linker and Libraries:   ld='cc',
ldflags='-Wl,-E  -L/usr/local/lib'   libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib   libs=-lsfio -lm -lc -lcrypt
libc=/usr/lib/libc.so,so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a Dynamic Linking:   dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so,
d_dlsymun=undef,ccdlflags=' '   cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic', lddlflags='-shared  -L/usr/local/lib'
 


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Built under freebsd Compiled at Jul  6 1999 00:10:37 @INC:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-freebsd  /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd  /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005   .