My appologies if this question is out of context, but I couldn't find any appropriate discussion forum for this. I am trying to install perl 5.8.8 on AIX 5.3 and run into this make error. I have tried both the AIX make as well as the gmake, both result in the following error. Any help will be appreciated. 
root @ hostname: /syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8 => gmake
        AutoSplitting perl library
./miniperl -Ilib -e 'use AutoSplit; \
autosplit_lib_modules(@ARGV)' lib/*.pm
./miniperl -Ilib -e 'use AutoSplit; \
autosplit_lib_modules(@ARGV)' lib/*/*.pm
gmake lib/re.pm
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8'
gmake[1]: `lib/re.pm' is up to date.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8'

        Making DynaLoader (static)
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8/ext/DynaLoade
+r'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8/ext/DynaLoader
+'
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8/ext/DynaLoade
+r'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8/ext/DynaLoader
+'
gcc -o perl  -L/usr/local/lib -bE:perl.exp perlmain.o lib/auto/DynaLoa
+der/DynaLoader.a  libperl.a `cat ext.libs` -lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm
+ -lcrypt -lc -lbsd
gcc: '-b' must come at the start of the command line
gmake: *** [perl] Error 1
root @ host: /syshome/userid/perl-5.8.8 =>

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In reply to trouble compiling perl 5.8.8 on AIX 5.3 by ark40

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