I'm trying to install Term::ReadKey on a Solaris 8 box. Like most Solaris 8 machines, I have gcc instead of the hideously expensive Sun compiler. I've compiled Perl 5.6.1 and installed it, and installed a number of other modules via CPAN. But when I try to install Term::ReadKey, it fails because it tries to use cc for some reason instead of gcc. And sure enough, if I look at /usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris/Config.pm, it lists cc instead of gcc. My question is thus multifold:

How can I change this compiler setting? I recognize it's not just as simple as changing it to gcc, because compiler flags also need to change. I tried the -fPIC setting, but either I didn't do it right or that's not enough (-xdepend causes problems, too). There has to be a more elegant way, like re-running some config script somewhere.

And just out of curiosity, if I'm running 5.6.1, why is 5.00503 in my path? Is it because of the binary compatibility?

In reply to cc/gcc config settings on Solaris by Anonymous Monk

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