Perl 5.8.8 segfaulting on comments! How can this be?

[Dominic Thoreau]

> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:38:07PM +0000, Andy Wardley wrote:
>
>>Before I go digging deeper (having already lost most of the afternoon to
>>this), can someone confirm the problem for me?

replicated on mine, also 5.8.8
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.bz358661.1xen,
archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux xenbuilder1.fedora.redhat.com
2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.bz358661.1xen #1 smp tue dec 18 15:02:47 est 2007
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '

and
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen,
archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux xenbuilder2.fedora.redhat.com 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen
#1 smp wed jul 23 04:11:52 edt 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '

-- 
No train here, but still:
The sign says: "Ready to Leave"
Normal service, yes?