Test::Simple: 'make test' fail with 'lock can only be used on shared values'

Hi all,

I have troubles building Test-Simple-0.64 on a standard SL3 machine:

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test

several threading related tests fail, e.g.:
---------
t/threads.................Thread 1 terminated abnormally: lock can only be 
used on shared values at 
/home/florian/tmp/Test-Simple-0.64/blib/lib/Test/Builder.pm line 394.
Thread 2 terminated abnormally: lock can only be used on shared values at 
/home/florian/tmp/Test-Simple-0.64/blib/lib/Test/Builder.pm line 394.
Thread 3 terminated abnormally: lock can only be used on shared values at 
/home/florian/tmp/Test-Simple-0.64/blib/lib/Test/Builder.pm line 394.
Thread 4 terminated abnormally: lock can only be used on shared values at 
/home/florian/tmp/Test-Simple-0.64/blib/lib/Test/Builder.pm line 394.
Thread 5 terminated abnormally: lock can only be used on shared values at 
/home/florian/tmp/Test-Simple-0.64/blib/lib/Test/Builder.pm line 394.
lock can only be used on shared values at 
/home/florian/tmp/Test-Simple-0.64/blib/lib/Test/Builder.pm line 1352.
# Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
t/threads.................dubious
         Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-6
         Failed 6/6 tests, 0.00% okay
---------

Same for the tests diag, overload_threads and sort_bug.

I tried to find solutions for this prob on many newsgroups, google, etc, 
however just found a couple of similar reports, but no solutions. Please 
find perl information below, I would appreciate it very much if somebody 
could help me here, since it's a complete show stopper for my project 
currently.
Regards, Florian.


-bash-2.05b$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration:
   Platform:
     osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-20.elsmp, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi
     uname='linux noswad.fnal.gov 2.4.21-20.elsmp #1 smp thu sep 2 16:47:25 
cdt 2004 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
     config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 
-Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red 
Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux 
-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 
-Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid 
-Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog 
-Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 
-Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr'
     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
     usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define 
usemultiplicity=define
     useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
     use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
   Compiler:
     cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS 
-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
     optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686',
     cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING 
-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
     ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-52)', 
gccosandvers=''
     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
     ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', 
lseeksize=8
     alignbytes=4, prototype=define
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
     libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
     perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
     libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
     gnulibc_version='2.3.2'
   Dynamic Linking:
     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic 
-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
     cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
   Compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS 
USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
   Locally applied patches:
         MAINT18379
   Built under linux
   Compiled at Dec 21 2005 09:27:13
   @INC:
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
     /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
     /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
     /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
     /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
     /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
     /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
     /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
     .