I'm not familiar with installing modules on AIX, so perhaps I'm missing something obvious....

You are, but it's not something completely obvious. XS modules need to be compiled with the same compiler as compiled Perl. In addition, many XS modules require a minimum of a certain version of a certain compiler.

If you're working with the Perl that came with your OS, it was probably compiled with xcc(?) - IBM's really wonky C compiler. You're trying to compile with cc, which probably isn't the same compiler.

I would strongly recommend recompiling everything with the latest version of gcc - GNU's C compiler. It's freely downloadable as a binary, so you don't have to worry about bootstrapping your compiler.

Yes, this is going to take about 2 days to fully do, but you will be a lot happier for it. It's what I've always had to do when I had the misfortune of working on AIX. (Irix and HP/UX are also the same way - it's not just AIX.)

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In reply to Re: XML::Parser on AIX by dragonchild
in thread XML::Parser on AIX by Anonymous Monk

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