The readme files for versions 1.51 and up state that Perl 5.6 and up is required. The Makefile.PL says otherwise.
For versions 1.606 and up it simply will not compile: chloe DBI-1.606 0> perl Makefile.PL Perl v5.8.10 required--this is only v5.6.1, stopped at Makefile.PL line 10. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 12. For versions 1.51 through 1.605 it says it's not supported: chloe DBI-1.51 0> perl Makefile.PL ************************************************************************** Perl versions below 5.6.1 are no longer supported by the DBI. Perl versions 5.6.x may fail during installation with a complaint about the use of =head3 in the pod documentation. ************************************************************************** Please update the readmes to indicate that a newer version of Perl is required. I was attempting to compile on a stock Solaris 9 system: chloe DBI-1.51 130> perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for sun4-solaris-64int (with 48 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.
