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    -Dusethreads \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_32

The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.

=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (threaded/32-bit)

With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which
passes all make tests in threaded 32-bit mode, which is the default
configuration for the Perl builds that AIX ships with.

    rm config.sh
    ./Configure \
    -d \
    -Dcc=cc_r \
    -Duseshrplib \
    -Dusethreads \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_32

The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.

=head2 Recommended Options AIX 7.2 and 7.3 (32-bit)

With the following options you get a Perl version which passes
all make tests in 32-bit mode.

    rm config.sh
    ./Configure \
    -d \
    -Dcc=/opt/IBM/openxlC/17.1.3/bin/ibm-clang_r
    -Duseshrplib \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_32

The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.

=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (32-bit)

With the following options you get a Perl version which passes
all make tests in 32-bit mode.

    rm config.sh
    ./Configure \
    -d \
    -Dcc=cc_r \
    -Duseshrplib \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_32

The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.

=head2 Recommended Options AIX 7.2 and 7.3 (threaded/64-bit)

With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which
passes all make tests in threaded 64-bit mode.

    export OBJECT_MODE=64
    # or (depending on your shell)
    setenv OBJECT_MODE 64
    rm config.sh
    ./Configure \
    -d \
    -Dcc=/opt/IBM/openxlC/17.1.3/bin/ibm-clang_r
    -Duseshrplib \
    -Dusethreads \
    -Duse64bitall \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_64

=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (threaded/64-bit)

With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which
passes all make tests in 64-bit mode.

    export OBJECT_MODE=64
    # or (depending on your shell)
    setenv OBJECT_MODE 64
    rm config.sh
    ./Configure \
    -d \
    -Dcc=cc_r \
    -Duseshrplib \
    -Dusethreads \
    -Duse64bitall \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_64

=head2 Recommended Options AIX 7.2 and 7.3 (64-bit)

With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which
passes all make tests in threaded 64-bit mode.

    export OBJECT_MODE=64
    # or (depending on your shell)
    setenv OBJECT_MODE 64
    rm config.sh
    ./Configure \
    -d \
    -Dcc=/opt/IBM/openxlC/17.1.3/bin/ibm-clang_r
    -Duseshrplib \
    -Duse64bitall \
    -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_64


=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (64-bit)

With the following options you get a Perl version which passes all
make tests in 64-bit mode.

     export OBJECT_MODE=64
     # or (depending on your shell)
     setenv OBJECT_MODE 64
     rm config.sh
     ./Configure \
     -d \
     -Dcc=cc_r \
     -Duseshrplib \
     -Duse64bitall \
     -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_64

The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.

If you choose gcc to compile 64-bit Perl then you need to add the
following option:

    -Dcc='gcc -maix64'

=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on AIX 7.1.0

A regression in AIX 7 causes a failure in make test in Time::Piece during
daylight savings time.  APAR IV16514 provides the fix for this.  A quick
test to see if it's required, assuming it is currently daylight savings
in Eastern Time, would be to run C< TZ=EST5 date +%Z >.  This will come
back with C<EST> normally, but nothing if you have the problem.

=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on older AIX versions up to 4.3.3

Due to the fact that AIX 4.3.3 reached end-of-service in December 31,
2003 this information is provided as is. The Perl versions prior to
Perl 5.8.9 could be compiled on AIX up to 4.3.3 with the following
settings (your mileage may vary):

When compiling Perl, you must use an ANSI C compiler. AIX does not ship
an ANSI compliant C-compiler with AIX by default, but binary builds of
gcc for AIX are widely available.

At the moment of writing, AIX supports two different native C compilers,
for which you have to pay: B<xlC> and B<vac>. If you decide to use either
of these two (which is quite a lot easier than using gcc), be sure to
upgrade to the latest available patch level. Currently:

    xlC.C     3.1.4.10 or 3.6.6.0 or 4.0.2.2 or 5.0.2.9 or 6.0.0.3
    vac.C     4.4.0.3  or 5.0.2.6 or 6.0.0.1

note that xlC has the OS version in the name as of version 4.0.2.0, so
you will find xlC.C for AIX-5.0 as package

    xlC.aix50.rte   5.0.2.0 or 6.0.0.3

subversions are not the same "latest" on all OS versions. For example,
the latest xlC-5 on aix41 is 5.0.2.9, while on aix43, it is 5.0.2.7.

Perl can be compiled with either IBM's ANSI C compiler or with gcc.
The former is recommended, as not only can it compile Perl with no
difficulty, but also can take advantage of features listed later that
require the use of IBM compiler-specific command-line flags.

The IBM's compiler patch levels 5.0.0.0 and 5.0.1.0 have compiler
optimization bugs that affect compiling perl.c and regcomp.c,
respectively.  If Perl's configuration detects those compiler patch
levels, optimization is turned off for the said source code files.