Perl 5.6.1

Hi there, I'm having problems with mod_perl 1.24 and perl 5.6.0 (Suse 7.1),. in particular the "Bizarre copy of HASH/ARRAY..." bug. I've been advised by the modperl people to obtain perl 5.6.1, since 5.6.0 is the only version to display these problems (5.6.0 is 'buggy' according to them). How do I upgrade to 5.6.1, I seem to be unable to find an RPM on Suse's site? Suse 7.2 apparently still has 5.6.0, even though at a newer patch level. I considered updating perl from source, but I wonder how this should be done (never done it before). Regards, Henryk