in reply to Re^4: AIX compile error pp_sys.c
in thread AIX compile error pp_sys.c

This sounds like you've found both a bug and a potential fix in the AIX build process.

If you're interested, you might want to try to see if you can integrate that into the hints file for the AIX build; the Perl5 Porters are currently in need of someone who has AIX to help solve some of the outstanding bugs there.

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