Hello! I have a 32 bit machine and for some reason, even if i do it by hand or CPAN, make will only produce a 64 bit object file...here is the output. 
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.45)                                      
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Reading '/app/shared/home/someuser/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:17:02 GMT
Running install for module 'Clone'
Running make for G/GA/GARU/Clone-0.38.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.71)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.048)
Checksum for /app/shared/home/someuser/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GA/G
+ARU/Clone-0.38.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /app/shared/home/someuser/.cpan/build for sizes
......................................................................
+......DONE
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok (v1.92)
Clone-0.38/
Clone-0.38/Changes
Clone-0.38/Clone.pm
Clone-0.38/Clone.xs
Clone-0.38/Makefile.PL
Clone-0.38/MANIFEST
Clone-0.38/META.json
Clone-0.38/META.yml
Clone-0.38/README
Clone-0.38/t/
Clone-0.38/t/01array.t
Clone-0.38/t/02hash.t
Clone-0.38/t/03scalar.t
Clone-0.38/t/04tie.t
Clone-0.38/t/05dtype.t
Clone-0.38/t/06refcnt.t
Clone-0.38/t/07magic.t
Clone-0.38/t/08fieldhash.t
Clone-0.38/t/dclone.t
/bin/tar: Read 8704 bytes from -
Clone-0.38/t/dump.pl
Clone-0.38/t/tied.pl
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22)
CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v1.4414)
CPAN: CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v2.150001)
CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v2.99)

  CPAN.pm: Building G/GA/GARU/Clone-0.38.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Generating a Unix-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Clone
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cp Clone.pm blib/lib/Clone.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Clone.pm (blib/lib/auto/Clone)
Running Mkbootstrap for Clone ()
chmod 644 "Clone.bs"
"/software/perl/5.16.3/bin/perl" "/app/shared/home/someuser/src/tm/ss/
+src/shared/lib/cpan/lib/perl5/ExtUtils/xsubpp"  -typemap "/software/p
+erl/5.16.3/lib/5.16.3/ExtUtils/typemap"  Clone.xs > Clone.xsc && mv C
+lone.xsc Clone.c
gcc -c   -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/inc
+lude -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3   -DVERSION=\"0.3
+8\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.38\" -fPIC "-I/software/perl/5.16.3/lib/5.16.3/i
+386-linux/CORE"   Clone.c
rm -f blib/arch/auto/Clone/Clone.so
gcc  -shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -
+fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=ge
+neric -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -L/usr/local/lib Clone.o  -o blib/
+arch/auto/Clone/Clone.so        \
                \

/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `Clone.o'
+ is incompatible with i386 output
Clone.o: In function `boot_Clone':
Clone.c:(.text+0x2c): undefined reference to `PL_markstack_ptr'
Clone.c:(.text+0x33): undefined reference to `PL_stack_sp'
Clone.c:(.text+0x3a): undefined reference to `PL_stack_base'
Clone.c:(.text+0x74): undefined reference to `Perl_xs_apiversion_bootc
+heck'
Clone.c:(.text+0x8b): undefined reference to `Perl_xs_version_bootchec
+k'
Clone.c:(.text+0xaf): undefined reference to `Perl_newXS_flags'
Clone.c:(.text+0xb6): undefined reference to `PL_unitcheckav'
Clone.c:(.text+0xc5): undefined reference to `PL_scopestack_ix'
Clone.c:(.text+0xcd): undefined reference to `Perl_call_list'
Clone.c:(.text+0xd7): undefined reference to `PL_sv_yes'
Clone.c:(.text+0xe5): undefined reference to `PL_stack_sp'
Clone.o: In function `sv_clone':
Clone.c:(.text+0x193): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_common_key_len'
Clone.c:(.text+0x1c8): undefined reference to `Perl_croak'
Clone.c:(.text+0x1df): undefined reference to `Perl_newSVsv'
Clone.c:(.text+0x20d): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_common_key_len'
Clone.c:(.text+0x289): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_magic'
Clone.c:(.text+0x2d1): undefined reference to `Perl_newSV_type'
Clone.c:(.text+0x2e3): undefined reference to `Perl_newSV_type'
Clone.c:(.text+0x30b): undefined reference to `Perl_mg_find'
Clone.c:(.text+0x390): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_isobject'
Clone.c:(.text+0x3ca): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_iterinit'
Clone.c:(.text+0x3d6): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_iterkeysv'
Clone.c:(.text+0x3e4): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_iterval'
Clone.c:(.text+0x417): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_common'
Clone.c:(.text+0x421): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_iternext_flags'
Clone.c:(.text+0x442): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_bless'
Clone.c:(.text+0x44f): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_rvweaken'
Clone.c:(.text+0x468): undefined reference to `Perl_av_len'
Clone.c:(.text+0x476): undefined reference to `Perl_av_extend'
Clone.c:(.text+0x491): undefined reference to `Perl_av_fetch'
Clone.c:(.text+0x4b3): undefined reference to `Perl_av_store'
Clone.c:(.text+0x4c9): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_free'
Clone.c:(.text+0x4d8): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_free2'
Clone.c:(.text+0x50b): undefined reference to `Perl_croak'
Clone.c:(.text+0x513): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_free'
Clone.c:(.text+0x51d): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_free2'
Clone.o: In function `XS_Clone_clone':
Clone.c:(.text+0x555): undefined reference to `PL_markstack_ptr'
Clone.c:(.text+0x55c): undefined reference to `PL_stack_sp'
Clone.c:(.text+0x563): undefined reference to `PL_stack_base'
Clone.c:(.text+0x5b6): undefined reference to `Perl_newSV_type'
Clone.c:(.text+0x5f2): undefined reference to `Perl_hv_clear'
Clone.c:(.text+0x618): undefined reference to `PL_stack_max'
Clone.c:(.text+0x634): undefined reference to `Perl_stack_grow'
Clone.c:(.text+0x643): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_2mortal'
Clone.c:(.text+0x64e): undefined reference to `PL_stack_sp'
Clone.c:(.text+0x67c): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_free'
Clone.c:(.text+0x688): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_2iv_flags'
Clone.c:(.text+0x699): undefined reference to `Perl_sv_free2'
Clone.c:(.text+0x6ad): undefined reference to `Perl_croak_xs_usage'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [blib/arch/auto/Clone/Clone.so] Error 1
  GARU/Clone-0.38.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.84)
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

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I'm not amazing at compiling at this level. Any guidance, system or otherwise, is greatly appreciated.

In reply to Clone only compiling to 64 bit by eallenvii

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