/var/spool/pkg/DBD-mysql-4.004]# perlgcc Makefile.PL
I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:

cflags (mysql_config) = -I/usr/sfw/include/mysql -xstrconst -mt
embedded (mysql_config) =
libs (mysql_config) = -R/usr/sfw/lib -R/usr/sfw/lib/mysql -L/usr/sfw/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lposix4 -lcrypt -lgen -lsocket -lnsl -lm
mysql_config (guessed ) = mysql_config
nocatchstderr (default ) = 0
nofoundrows (default ) = 0
ssl (guessed ) = 0
testdb (default ) = test
testhost (default ) =
testpassword (default ) =
testsocket (default ) =
testuser (default ) =

To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
'perldoc INSTALL'.

Have /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/Sun/Solaris/PerlGcc
Want /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/sun4-solaris-64int
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [PerlGcc]
Config says: [sun4-solaris-64int]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of perl
if you have problems building this extension.
Using DBI 1.616 (for perl 5.008004 on sun4-solaris-64int) installed in /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int/auto/DBI/
Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql

Can someone tell me a way out of this,

Did you read and understand the message?? First, it's a warning message, since it tells you it "may or may not cause problems". Have you actually TRIED to use this extension after building it?? Second, you could try just "perl Makefile.PL", since that will use the system compiler, again making that message disappear. And the third option is right there in the message, telling you about using a different DBI. You've got three options that the system told you about. Try them.

I did try out all the options like going through the config file and perl makefile.pl (fails with a cc error )so i used perlgcc for all the perl modules on my system ,tried different dbi versions ,finally it seemed to be a dbd mysql bug and gave up.

any suggestions are most welcome.

Ok...again, did you TRY the module that you already compiled???? Did you try installing the other DBI module referenced? Did you try to install GCC for Solaris?

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