I've tried to compile perl5.005_3 on a Sparc Solaris 2.4 with gcc 2.95.2 and I obtained the following: # make `sh cflags libperl.a miniperlmain.o` miniperlmain.c CCCMD = gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -DPERL_CORE -c -I/usr/local/include -O `sh cflags libperl.a perl.o` perl.c CCCMD = gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -B/usr/ccs/bin/ -DPERL_CORE -c -I/usr/local/include -O /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 1686: error: unknown opcode ".subsection" /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 1686: error: statement syntax /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 1810: error: unknown opcode ".previous" /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 1810: error: statement syntax /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 4221: error: unknown opcode ".subsection" /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 4221: error: statement syntax /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 4344: error: unknown opcode ".previous" /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccwO0V18.s", line 4344: error: statement syntax make: *** [perl.o] Error 1 What's next ? TIA, MariusThread Next