Hi, I am trying to compile 64bit PERL on AIX 6100-08-02-1316. I downloaded and am trying to compile: perl-5.18.0 I have tried with: vac.Bnd 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Media Defined vac.C 10.1.0.0 C F IBM XL C Compiler vac.aix53.lib 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Libraries for AIX vac.html.common.search 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Compiler Help vac.html.en_US.C 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Compiler vac.include 10.1.0.0 C F IBM XL C Compiler Include vac.lib 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Libraries vac.lic 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Licence Files vac.licAgreement 10.1.0.0 C F IBM XL C Electronic License vac.man.EN_US 10.1.0.0 C F IBM XL C Compiler Man vac.man.en_US 10.1.0.0 C F IBM XL C Compiler Man vac.msg.EN_US.C 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Compiler vac.ndi 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Non-Default vac.pdf.en_US.C 10.1.0.0 C F XL C for AIX Compiler and with: gcc 4.2.0-3 C R GNU Compiler Collection libgcc 4.8.1-1 C R GCC version 4.8.1 shared I always get the same error: ld: 0711-738 ERROR: Input file /usr/lib/libdb.so: XCOFF32 object files are not allowed in 64-bit mode. I can't compile the test program. (The supplied flags or libraries might be incorrect.) You have a BIG problem. Shall I abort Configure [y] Ok. Stopping Configure. I have ran nm -X64 filename on all of the libdb.so files in my /usr/lib directory and they all seem to be 32 bit. Here is my system details and it switches between 32bit and 64bit but I would like to think it is a 64bit op sys. AIO_LISTIO_MAX: 4096 AIO_MAX: 4096 AIO_PRIO_DELTA_MAX: 20 ARG_MAX: 1048576 ATEXIT_MAX: 2048 BC_BASE_MAX: 99 BC_DIM_MAX: 2048 BC_SCALE_MAX: 99 BC_STRING_MAX: 2048 BOOT_DEVICE: hdisk0 CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX: 14 CHAR_BIT: 8 CHAR_MAX: 255 CHAR_MIN: 0 CHILD_MAX: 128 CLK_TCK: 100 COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX: 4 CS_PATH: /usr/bin:/usr/vac/bin DELAYTIMER_MAX: 32 EXPR_NEST_MAX: 32 FILESIZEBITS: undefined HARDWARE_BITMODE: 64 HOST_NAME_MAX: 256 INT_MAX: 2147483647 INT_MIN: -2147483648 IOV_MAX: 16 KERNEL_BITMODE: 64 LINE_MAX: 2048 LINK_MAX: 32767 LOGIN_NAME_MAX: 9 LONG_BIT: 32 LONG_MAX: 2147483647 LONG_MIN: -2147483648 MACHINE_ARCHITECTURE: chrp MAXIMPL_LOGIN_NAME_MAX: 256 MAX_CANON: 256 MAX_INPUT: 512 MB_LEN_MAX: 4 MODEL_CLASS: MODEL_CODE: 134217804 MP_CAPABLE: 1 MQ_OPEN_MAX: 32768 MQ_PRIO_MAX: 128 NAME_MAX: 255 NGROUPS_MAX: 128 NL_ARGMAX: 9 NL_LANGMAX: 14 NL_MAX: 10 NL_MSGMAX: 65535 NL_NMAX: 10 NL_SETMAX: 65535 NL_TEXTMAX: 8192 NZERO: 20 OPEN_MAX: 65534 PAGESIZE: 4096 PAGE_SIZE: 4096 PASS_MAX: 8 PATH: /usr/bin:/usr/vac/bin PATH_MAX: 1024 PIPE_BUF: 32768 POSIX2_BC_BASE_MAX: 99 POSIX2_BC_DIM_MAX: 2048 POSIX2_BC_SCALE_MAX: 99 POSIX2_BC_STRING_MAX: 1000 POSIX2_CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX: 14 POSIX2_CHAR_TERM: 200112 POSIX2_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX: 2 POSIX2_C_BIND: 200112 POSIX2_C_DEV: 200112 POSIX2_C_VERSION: 200112 POSIX2_EXPR_NEST_MAX: 32 POSIX2_FORT_DEV: -1 POSIX2_FORT_RUN: -1 POSIX2_LINE_MAX: 2048 POSIX2_LOCALEDEF: 200112 POSIX2_PBS: -1 POSIX2_PBS_ACCOUNTING: -1 POSIX2_PBS_CHECKPOINT: -1 POSIX2_PBS_LOCATE: -1 POSIX2_PBS_MESSAGE: -1 POSIX2_PBS_TRACK: -1 POSIX2_RE_DUP_MAX: 255 POSIX2_SW_DEV: -1 POSIX2_SYMLINKS: 8 POSIX2_UPE: 200112 POSIX2_VERSION: 200112 POSIX_ALLOC_SIZE_MIN: undefined POSIX_REC_INCR_XFER_SIZE: undefined POSIX_REC_MAX_XFER_SIZE: undefined POSIX_REC_MIN_XFER_SIZE: undefined POSIX_REC_XFER_ALIGN: undefined POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32: 1 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32_CFLAGS: -q32 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32_LDFLAGS: -b32 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG: 1 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q32 -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b32 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64: 1 POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS: -q64 POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS: -b64 POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG: 1 POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q64 POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b64 POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm POSIX_V6_WIDTH_RESTRICTED_ENVS: POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64 POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS: 4 PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX: 450 PTHREAD_STACK_MIN: 8192 PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX: 512 PW_GROUPNAME_LEN: 9 PW_USERNAME_LEN: 9 REAL_MEMORY: 2097152 RE_DUP_MAX: 255 RTSIG_MAX: 8 SCHAR_MAX: 127 SCHAR_MIN: -128 SEM_NSEMS_MAX: 32768 SEM_VALUE_MAX: 32767 SHRT_MAX: 32767 SHRT_MIN: -32768 SIGQUEUE_MAX: 32 SSIZE_MAX: 2147483647 STREAM_MAX: 32767 SYMLINK_MAX: 255 SYMLOOP_MAX: 20 TIMER_MAX: 32 TMP_MAX: 16384 TTY_NAME_MAX: 1023 TZNAME_MAX: 255 UCHAR_MAX: 255 UINT_MAX: 4294967295 ULONG_MAX: 4294967295 USHRT_MAX: 65535 V6_ILP32_OFF32: 1 V6_ILP32_OFFBIG: 1 V6_LP64_OFF64: 1 V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG: 1 WORD_BIT: 32 XBS5_ILP32_OFF32: 1 XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_CFLAGS: -q32 XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_LDFLAGS: -b32 XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_LINTFLAGS: XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG: 1 XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q32 -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b32 XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LINTFLAGS: -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong XBS5_LP64_OFF64: 1 XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS: -q64 XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS: -b64 XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LINTFLAGS: -D__64BIT__ XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG: 1 XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q64 XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b64 XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LINTFLAGS: -D__64BIT__ _CS_PATH: /usr/bin:/usr/vac/bin _POSIX2_BC_BASE_MAX: 99 _POSIX2_BC_DIM_MAX: 2048 _POSIX2_BC_SCALE_MAX: 99 _POSIX2_BC_STRING_MAX: 1000 _POSIX2_CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX: 14 _POSIX2_CHAR_TERM: 200112 _POSIX2_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX: 2 _POSIX2_C_BIND: 200112 _POSIX2_C_DEV: 200112 _POSIX2_C_VERSION: 200112 _POSIX2_EXPR_NEST_MAX: 32 _POSIX2_FORT_DEV: -1 _POSIX2_FORT_RUN: -1 _POSIX2_LINE_MAX: 2048 _POSIX2_LOCALEDEF: 200112 _POSIX2_PBS: -1 _POSIX2_PBS_ACCOUNTING: -1 _POSIX2_PBS_CHECKPOINT: -1 _POSIX2_PBS_LOCATE: -1 _POSIX2_PBS_MESSAGE: -1 _POSIX2_PBS_TRACK: -1 _POSIX2_RE_DUP_MAX: 255 _POSIX2_SW_DEV: -1 _POSIX2_SYMLINKS: undefined _POSIX2_UPE: 200112 _POSIX2_VERSION: 200112 _POSIX_ADVISORY_INFO: 200112 _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX: 2 _POSIX_AIO_MAX: 1 _POSIX_ARG_MAX: 4096 _POSIX_ASYNCHRONOUS_IO: 200112 _POSIX_ASYNC_IO: undefined _POSIX_BARRIERS: 200112 _POSIX_CHILD_MAX: 25 _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED: 0 _POSIX_CLOCKRES_MIN: 20000000 _POSIX_CLOCK_SELECTION: 200112 _POSIX_CPUTIME: 200112 _POSIX_DELAYTIMER_MAX: 32 _POSIX_FILE_LOCKING: undefined _POSIX_FSYNC: 200112 _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX: 255 _POSIX_IPV6: 200112 _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL: 1 _POSIX_LINK_MAX: 8 _POSIX_LOGIN_NAME_MAX: 9 _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES: 200112 _POSIX_MAX_CANON: 255 _POSIX_MAX_INPUT: 255 _POSIX_MEMLOCK: 200112 _POSIX_MEMLOCK_RANGE: 200112 _POSIX_MEMORY_PROTECTION: 200112 _POSIX_MESSAGE_PASSING: 200112 _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK: 200112 _POSIX_MQ_OPEN_MAX: 8 _POSIX_MQ_PRIO_MAX: 32 _POSIX_MULTI_PROCESS: undefined _POSIX_NAME_MAX: 14 _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX: 8 _POSIX_NO_TRUNC: 0 _POSIX_OPEN_MAX: 20 _POSIX_PATH_MAX: 256 _POSIX_PIPE_BUF: 512 _POSIX_PRIORITIZED_IO: 200112 _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING: 200112 _POSIX_PRIO_IO: undefined _POSIX_RAW_SOCKETS: 200112 _POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS: 200112 _POSIX_REALTIME_SIGNALS: 200112 _POSIX_REGEXP: 1 _POSIX_RE_DUP_MAX: undefined _POSIX_RTSIG_MAX: 8 _POSIX_SAVED_IDS: 1 _POSIX_SEMAPHORES: 200112 _POSIX_SEM_NSEMS_MAX: 256 _POSIX_SEM_VALUE_MAX: 32767 _POSIX_SHARED_MEMORY_OBJECTS: 200112 _POSIX_SHELL: 1 _POSIX_SIGQUEUE_MAX: 32 _POSIX_SPAWN: 200112 _POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS: 200112 _POSIX_SPORADIC_SERVER: -1 _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX: 32767 _POSIX_SS_REPL_MAX: undefined _POSIX_STREAM_MAX: 8 _POSIX_SYMLINK_MAX: 255 _POSIX_SYMLOOP_MAX: 8 _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO: 200112 _POSIX_SYNC_IO: undefined _POSIX_THREADS: 200112 _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKADDR: 200112 _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE: 200112 _POSIX_THREAD_CPUTIME: 200112 _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS: 4 _POSIX_THREAD_KEYS_MAX: 128 _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING: -1 _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_INHERIT: -1 _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_PROTECT: -1 _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED: 200112 _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS: 200112 _POSIX_THREAD_SPORADIC_SERVER: -1 _POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX: 64 _POSIX_TIMEOUTS: 200112 _POSIX_TIMERS: 200112 _POSIX_TIMER_MAX: 32 _POSIX_TRACE: -1 _POSIX_TRACE_EVENT_FILTER: -1 _POSIX_TRACE_EVENT_NAME_MAX: 30 _POSIX_TRACE_INHERIT: -1 _POSIX_TRACE_LOG: -1 _POSIX_TRACE_NAME_MAX: 8 _POSIX_TRACE_SYS_MAX: 8 _POSIX_TRACE_USER_EVENT_MAX: 32 _POSIX_TTY_NAME_MAX: 9 _POSIX_TYPED_MEMORY_OBJECTS: -1 _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX: 6 _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32: 1 _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32_CFLAGS: -q32 _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32_LDFLAGS: -b32 _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG: 1 _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q32 -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b32 _POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64: 1 _POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS: -q64 _POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS: -b64 _POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG: 1 _POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q64 _POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b64 _POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _POSIX_V6_WIDTH_RESTRICTED_ENVS: POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32 POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64 POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG _POSIX_VDISABLE: 255 _POSIX_VERSION: 200112 _REGEX_VERSION: undefined _XBS5_ILP32_OFF32: 1 _XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_CFLAGS: -q32 _XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_LDFLAGS: -b32 _XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _XBS5_ILP32_OFF32_LINTFLAGS: _XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG: 1 _XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q32 -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong _XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b32 _XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LINTFLAGS: -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong _XBS5_LP64_OFF64: 1 _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS: -q64 _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS: -b64 _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LINTFLAGS: -D__64BIT__ _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG: 1 _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS: -q64 _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS: -b64 _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LIBS: -lc -lpthread -lm _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LINTFLAGS: -D__64BIT__ _XOPEN_CRYPT: 1 _XOPEN_ENH_I18N: 1 _XOPEN_IOV_MAX: 16 _XOPEN_LEGACY: -1 _XOPEN_NAME_MAX: 255 _XOPEN_PATH_MAX: 1024 _XOPEN_REALTIME: 200112 _XOPEN_REALTIME_THREADS: -1 _XOPEN_SHM: 1 _XOPEN_STREAMS: 1 _XOPEN_UNIX: 1 _XOPEN_VERSION: 600 _XOPEN_XCU_VERSION: 4 _XOPEN_XPG2: undefined _XOPEN_XPG3: 1 _XOPEN_XPG4: 1 Maybe I just am on a 32bit install and don't accept it. LOL, any help is appreciated. Since I am brand new to this list and there was no instructions on how to use the list I am assuming that sending mail to the list address is the way to go. Hopefully I am not just spamming. Regards, Jen