10.2.x, perl 5.6.1, gcc3.1?

[Michael Glaesemann]

Hello! I'm trying to install perl 5.6.1 on my Mac running 10.2.x (right 
now it's 10.2.1, but that will change in a couple of hours, when I 
should be back up to 10.2.4), but there seems to be an incompatibility 
between perl 5.6.1 and the gcc3.1 compiler that comes with the December 
2002 Developer Tools. I keep getting
    make: *** No rule to make target `<built-in>', needed by 
`miniperlmain.o'.  Stop.

I've been following the instructions posted by Ray Zimmerman
<http://archive.develooper.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00895.html>
and David Wheeler <http://david.wheeler.net/osx.html>
with the variation to use the gcc2 compiler
<http://archive.develooper.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03679.html>
(exact same "no rule to make target" error back in October 2002.)
but of course that didn't work because I don't have a gcc2 compiler. 
I'd rather not install a gcc2 compiler because I've heard of other 
incompatibilities with binaries compiled under the two different 
compilers.

Searching for "perl 5.6.1" and "gcc3.1" under google brought me to a 
posted patch for linux.
< http://archive.develooper.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg84893.html>
It appears the Ken William's fink installation includes a similar patch.
< http://archive.develooper.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04611.html>
I'd rather compile it myself and keep it in it's own directories 
parallel to the 5.6.0 installation.

Is there a way I can use the patch supplied with the Ken William's fink 
installation during my own compile? If so, where I can look to find how 
to do this? Or maybe there's a way to modify the fink installation to 
install where I'd like it to?

Thanks in advance for any advice or pointers of where to look for more 
information.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm myrealbox com