Attempting to either install DBI (using cpan or running make etc myself) or build my own copy of Perl from source (when running Configure) I get an error from the ld tool.
I've applied the "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3" patch to /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Config.pm , which seemed to fix the DBI installation problem for many people. Mac OS 10.3.9, with Apple's developer tools installed (default installation - assume I don't need the other stuff). To install from source I was following the instructions at http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/perl.html The errors are about ld not being able to find the files for "-lbundle1.o" for the module installation and "-lcrt1.o" when attempting to build Perl from source. The latter causes Configure to bail saying that there isn't a working C compiler available. Any ideas on how to fix this would be gratefully received, because I'm utterly baffled. All the similar issues that I've read about in the archives either to have been resolved either by an installation of Panther dev tools or the 'env' fix. But I've got the former and already tried the latter. Is there some environmental variable or config file option that could be triggering the build process to require libraries that aren't needed and don't exist on OS X? TIA, James Harvard
