I have never seen this crash for other Perl package:
# perl Makefile.PL
couldn't find diagnostic data in /opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0/pods/perldiag.pod /opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0/arm-linux /opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/arm-linux /opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 . Makefile.PL at /opt/lib/perl5/5.10.0/diagnostics.pm line 268, <POD_DIAG> line 647.
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 7, <POD_DIAG> line 647.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 7, <POD_DIAG> line 647.