Difference between perl and perl_s

[dn.perl]

What is the difference between the following two perl packages?

perl-5.8.0-sol9-sparc-local.gz
perl_s-5.8.0-sol9-sparc-local.gz

What does the extra '_s' in perl_s stand for? And where can one find
such information (the difference between perl and perl_s packages)? A
search on the group's archives did not work. And a search on the
internet did not work either. Clicking on the package name on
sunfreeware site starts the download without any 'about' powertip.

TIA.

 

[Mark Clements]

What is the difference between the following two perl packages?

perl-5.8.0-sol9-sparc-local.gz
perl_s-5.8.0-sol9-sparc-local.gz

What does the extra '_s' in perl_s stand for? And where can one find
such information (the difference between perl and perl_s packages)? A
search on the group's archives did not work. And a search on the
internet did not work either. Clicking on the package name on
sunfreeware site starts the download without any 'about' powertip.

The magic search is

perl_s solaris package sunfreeware

First link gives http://solaris-freeware.saix.net/new.html :

perl-5.8.0 (additional version called perl_s which includes the
libperl.so shared library)

Mark