in reply to Problems with ExpatXS in Solaris 9

Why don't you try installing the module from cpan at your shell prompt try 
perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install whatever::module

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Does it gives you the same results?
``The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.'' TIMTOWTDI

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