bash-2.03$ perl Makefile.PL 
*** Note:
    The optional PlRPC-modules (RPC::PlServer etc) are not installed.
    If you want to use the DBD::Proxy driver and DBI::ProxyServer
    ... yada yada yada

bash-2.03$ make
cc -c   -xO3 -xdepend     -DVERSION=\"1.201\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"1.201\" -KPIC -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris/CORE -DDBI_NO_THREADS Perl.c
ucbcc: Warning: Option -YP,:/usr/ucblib:/opt/SUNWspro/WS6U2/bin/../lib:/opt/SUNWspro/WS6U2/bin:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/lib passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise

License Error : The license for this product(Sun WorkShop Compiler C SPARC) has expired
... blah blah blah

##</code><code>##

bash-2.03$ perl Makefile.PL CC=`which gcc`
*** Note:
    The optional PlRPC-modules (RPC::PlServer etc) are not installed.
    If you want to use the DBD::Proxy driver and DBI::ProxyServer
    ... yada yada yada

bash-2.03$ make
mkdir blib
mkdir blib/lib
...
cp DBI.pm blib/lib/DBI.pm
/usr/bin/perl -p -e "s/~DRIVER~/Perl/g" < blib/arch/auto/DBI/Driver.xst > Perl.xsi
/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris -I/usr/perl5/5.00503 /usr/perl5/5.00503/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/perl5/5.00503/ExtUtils/typemap Perl.xs >xstmp.c && mv xstmp.c Perl.c
/usr/local/bin/gcc -c   -xO3 -xdepend     -DVERSION=\"1.201\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"1.201\" -KPIC -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris/CORE -DDBI_NO_THREADS Perl.c
gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'
gcc: language depend not recognized
gcc: Perl.c: linker input file unused because linking not done
/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris -I/usr/perl5/5.00503 /usr/perl5/5.00503/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/perl5/5.00503/ExtUtils/typemap DBI.xs >xstmp.c && mv xstmp.c DBI.c
/usr/local/bin/gcc -c   -xO3 -xdepend     -DVERSION=\"1.201\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"1.201\" -KPIC -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris/CORE -DDBI_NO_THREADS DBI.c
gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'
gcc: language depend not recognized
gcc: DBI.c: linker input file unused because linking not done
Running Mkbootstrap for DBI ()
chmod 644 DBI.bs
LD_RUN_PATH="" cc -o blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so  -G DBI.o     
ucbcc: Warning: Option -YP,:/usr/ucblib:/opt/SUNWspro/WS6U2/bin/../lib:/opt/SUNWspro/WS6U2/bin:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/lib passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise
ld: warning: option -YP appears more than once, first setting taken
ld: fatal: file DBI.o: cannot open file: No such file or directory
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so'
bash-2.03$ 

##</code><code>##

bash-2.03$ uname -a
SunOS stupid 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2
bash-2.03$ perl -v

This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris

Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.