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for AIX> compiler is supported by IBM on AIX 5L/6.1.
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therefore also supported.
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Perl can be compiled with either IBM's ANSI C compiler or with gcc.
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at least gdbm-devel-1.8.3-5 (or higher).
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=head2 Perl 5.12 was successfully compiled and tested on:
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5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
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5.3 TL8 SP8 64 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
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5.3 TL10 SP3 64 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + April 2010 | OK | OK
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5.12.3 |5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
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5.12.3 |5.3 TL10 SP3 32 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + Apr 2010 | OK | OK
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5.13 |7.1 TL0 SP1 32 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + Jul 2010 | OK | OK
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IBM uses the AIX system Perl (V5.6.0 on AIX 5.1 and V5.8.2 on
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some AIX system scripts. If you switch the links in /usr/bin from the
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AIX system Perl (/usr/opt/perl5) to the newly build Perl then you
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get the same features as with the IBM AIX system Perl if the threaded
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AIX 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1; V5.8.8 on AIX 5.3 TL11 and AIX 6.1 TL4; V5.10.1
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on AIX 7.1) for some AIX system scripts. If you switch the links in
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Perl then you get the same features as with the IBM AIX system Perl if
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build (Perl v5.6.0) is not threaded on AIX 5.1.
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The -1 removes this limit. If the "make test" fails please change
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your /etc/security/limits as stated above.
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The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
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IBM AIX system Perl installation.
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all make tests in 32-bit mode.
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