--- a/make-rules/shared-macros.mk	Wed Jun 01 08:08:36 2011 -0700
+++ b/make-rules/shared-macros.mk	Wed Jun 01 14:24:54 2011 -0700
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 
 # This is the default BUILD version of perl
 # Not necessarily the system's default version, i.e. /usr/bin/perl
-PERL_VERSION =  5.8.4
+PERL_VERSION =  5.12
 
 PERL_VERSIONS = 5.8.4 5.12