Re: Error running "make" on AIX 5.3

The =encoding directive is a standard part of perl pod
http://perldoc.perl.org/5.8.9/perlpod.html#Formatting-Codes

I don't know why it's causing a problem for you. It works for
most people with perl 5.8.8.
http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=DBI%201.622;reports=1;perl=5.8.8

The quick fix is to just delete the =encoding line.

Tim.


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:15:21PM -0400, Martin Gainty wrote:
> 
> Looks like a comment
> http://fossies.org/dox/DBI-1.622/Gofer_8pm_source.html
> 
> what happens if you wrap the comment in a comment block?
> /* =encoding ISO8859-1 */
> 
> > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:44:29 -0600
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Error running "make" on AIX 5.3
> > 
> > I have been unable to install DBI on our AIX 5.3 using either CPAN ("out 
> > of memory") or the "perl Makefile.PL" method.  I've read the entire 
> > thread started by Don Walters on this subject begun on 3 Aug 2012, and 
> > it looks like his problem boiled down to his cc_r being linked to gcc.  
> > Mine is linked to xlc, as it should be.  My perl is 5.8.8.  The results 
> > from my Makefile.PL run are in the attached file "makefile.tst".  They 
> > look normal to me.  The installation fails during "make", which dies 
> > with the error "lib/DBD/Gofer.pm:841: Unknown command paragraph 
> > "=encoding ISO8859-1""