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Unfortunately things don't work out the way I'd like. I get a clean make (using gcc 4.0.1 and expat 2.0.0):

make[1]: Entering directory `/db2/dlink/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34/Ex
+pat'
cp Expat.pm ../blib/lib/XML/Parser/Expat.pm
/dbpar/perl/bin/perl -e 'use ExtUtils::Mksymlists; \
Mksymlists("NAME" => "XML::Parser::Expat", "DL_FUNCS" => {  }, "FUNCLI
+ST" => [], "DL_VARS" => []);'
/dbpar/perl/bin/perl /dbpar/perl/lib/5.8.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp -noprototyp
+es -typemap /dbpar/perl/lib/5.8.8/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  
+Expat.xs > Expat.xsc && mv Expat.xsc Expat.c
gcc -c   -D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DUSE_NATIVE_D
+LOPEN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr
+/local/include -D_LARGE_FILES -O   -DVERSION=\"2.34\" -DXS_VERSION=\"
+2.34\"  "-I/dbpar/perl/lib/5.8.8/aix/CORE"   Expat.c
Running Mkbootstrap for XML::Parser::Expat ()
chmod 644 Expat.bs
rm -f ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so
gcc  -Wl,-bhalt:4 -Wl,-bexpall -Wl,-G -Wl,-bnoentry -lc -L/usr/local/l
+ib Expat.o  -o ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so        \
   -lexpat      \

chmod 755 ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so
cp Expat.bs ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.bs
chmod 644 ../blib/arch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.bs
Manifying ../blib/man3/XML::Parser::Expat.3
make[1]: Leaving directory `/db2/dlink/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34/Exp
+at'
/dbpar/perl/bin/perl -e 'use ExtUtils::Mksymlists; \
Mksymlists("NAME" => "XML::Parser", "DL_FUNCS" => {  }, "FUNCLIST" => 
+[], "DL_VARS" => []);'
Manifying blib/man3/XML::Parser::Style::Objects.3
Manifying blib/man3/XML::Parser::Style::Debug.3
Manifying blib/man3/XML::Parser.3
Manifying blib/man3/XML::Parser::Style::Subs.3
Manifying blib/man3/XML::Parser::Style::Tree.3
Manifying blib/man3/XML::Parser::Style::Stream.3
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But make test doesn't like me. I tried going through the test file itself but couldn't make heads nor tails of it... Any advice much appreciated!

make[1]: Entering directory `/db2/dlink/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34/Ex
+pat'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/db2/dlink/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34/Exp
+at'
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /dbpar/perl/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" 
+"test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/astress.........FAILED tests 19-20, 24
        Failed 3/27 tests, 88.89% okay
t/cdata...........ok
t/decl............ok
t/defaulted.......ok
t/encoding........"my" variable $p masks earlier declaration in same s
+cope at t/encoding.t line 94.
t/encoding........ok
t/external_ent....ok
t/file............ok
t/finish..........ok
t/namespaces......ok
t/parament........ok
t/partial.........ok
t/skip............ok
t/stream..........ok
t/styles..........ok
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t/astress.t               27    3  19-20 24
Failed 1/14 test scripts. 3/130 subtests failed.
Files=14, Tests=130,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.81 cusr +  0.17 csys =  0.9
+8 CPU)
Failed 1/14 test programs. 3/130 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
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