[Catalyst] Weak references - perl error

[Dermot]

Getting sick of the sight of the DBIx::Class::StartupCheck error with
my version of perl, I updated my version to:

Name   : perl
Arch   : i386
Epoch  : 4
Version: 5.8.8
Release: 10.el5_2.3

Now I am getting the following error:

Weak references are not implemented in the version of perl at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Catalyst.pm line 24

line 24:
use Scalar::Util qw/weaken blessed/;

Scalar::Util is up-to-date

Can anyone give me some advice here?
Thanx,
Dp.