Any thoughts on exactly how to configure C support in Module::Build?

I'm trying to get my carpc-dev system and the car-pc itself in sync as I'm having different issues with both tracks of SDL (2.1.3 & 1.2.3 devsnapshot) and workarounds in one usually causes a problem in the other.

The main reason I'm using two versions is I cannot get 2.1.3 to build on the car system. Module::Build bails complaining that C support is not configured.

Is my perl install broken? I'm loath to change too much on the car system (laptop), because getting everything to work in the first place (SDL,dual-heads, sound, suspend, etc) was a nightmare and something always breaks whenever I upgrade anything.

Here's the info
$Module::Build::VERSION => 0.2805 


Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) 
configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.15.4, archname=i486-linux-gnu-thread-mult
+i
    uname='linux ninsei 2.6.15.4 #1 smp preempt mon feb 20 09:48:53 ps
+t 2006 i686 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -Dccc
+dlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=i486-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/
+share/perl/5.8 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.8 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvend
+orlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/
+local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib
+/perl/5.8.8 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/ma
+n3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man
+3 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -
+Ud_csh -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.8.8 -Dd_
+dosuid -des'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemulti
+plicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS 
+-DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE
+_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN 
+-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
+ lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.3.6.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.s
+o.5.8.8
    gnulibc_version='2.3.6'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP THREADS_HAVE_PIDS USE_ITHREAD
+S
                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Apr  4 2006 22:23:52
  @INC:
    /etc/perl
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8
    /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8
    /usr/lib/perl5
    /usr/share/perl5
    /usr/lib/perl/5.8
    /usr/share/perl/5.8
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    .

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Thanks.

-Lee
"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."

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