[ic] perl compile on Redhat 8.0 fails??

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I tried this on my Redhat 8.0:

  > 	1. Replace the system perl.
  >
  > 		tar xzf stable.tar.gz
  > 		cd perl*
  > 		./configure -Dprefix=/usr -des
  > 		make test
  > 		make install

I'm guessing Mike meant ./Configure... instead of ./configure...

Assuming that's correct I proceeded and things chugged along for awhile 
unitl I get this:

lib/locale...........................Malformed UTF-8 character 
(unexpected non-continuation byte 0x6
1, immediately after start byte 0xe7) in pattern match (m//) at 
../lib/locale.t line 526.

which boggles my feeble mind. Does anyone know why or should I ask this 
on a perl list ?

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