&Compress::Zlib::gzopen and Scalar::Util errors

I'm running Red Hat Enterprise version 5 in a mixture of 32 and 64 bit
environments. There was a Perl security update last night, updating perl
5.8.8-10. to 5.8.8-10_02.

Since then, I've been having problems running a number of perl applications.
For instance, SpamAssassin:

[root@roosevelt scripts]# spamassassin --lint
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Scalar/Util.pm line 30.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Scalar/Util.pm line 30.

or CPAN:

cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:36:49 GMT
CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok
Fetching with LWP:
http://mirror.hyperian.net/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Scalar/Util.pm line 30.
Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Undefined subroutine &Compress::Zlib::gzopen called at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 5721.

I've ?fixed? the Scalar::Util problem by doing a force install Scalar::Util.
I've tried to do the same with Compress::Zlib, but with less luck:

cpan> install Compress::Zlib
Running install for module Compress::Zlib
Running make for P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-2.007.tar.gz
Undefined subroutine &Compress::Zlib::gzopen called at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 5721.

So apparently I can't install Compress::Zlib until I get Compress::Zlib
working. This is... a conundrum.

Pointers in the right direction greatly appreciated.

--
tim boyer
tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.

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