in reply to Re^3: Expat.o missing error on solaris 10 (gcc)
in thread Expat.o missing error on solaris 10

Here is the output when i use gcc ...

Did you start with a fresh directory of XML-Parser?

This seems wrong  gcc: language arch=v8 not recognized

In the OP you had similar  cc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'

If you use the same compiler to build perl and the extra modules, you won't have to guess at what the correct compiler options should be

If you search for it gcc: language arch=v8 not recognized you 'll find
says something about include paths Problems installing DBD::mysql on Solaris 8 - Page 1
says recompile perl Problem compiling DBD::Informix in Solaris10/SPARC

I recommend to recompile perl

While its quite possible to do it the other way -- you'll have to learn more than you ever wanted to know :)