forced upgrade to perl-5.10.0?

[Klaus Heinz <k.heinz%novacht.kh-22.de@localhost>]

Hi,
 
is it really intended that I have to update perl to version 5.10 if I
just want to install a perl module on a system with a perfectly working 
5.8.8? 
 
If the module were depending on perl-5.10 I would understand this, but
in fact it does not. So why am I forced to update perl?
 
ciao   
     Klaus