I was attempting to install DBD::mysql today, and I ran into a fiendishly difficult problem.

I've installed the mysql drivers for Perl countless times, but this time for some reason, I was getting the following error:

ool-4577f347:~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-4.004 root# make
cc -c -I/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DBI -I/usr/local/mysql/include -Os -arch ppc64 -fno-common -DDBD_MYSQL_INSERT_ID_IS_GOOD -g -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -Os -DVERSION=\"4.004\" -DXS_VERSION=\"4.004\" "-I/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE" dbdimp.c
dbdimp.c: In function 'mysql_dr_connect':
dbdimp.c:1565: error: 'ulong' undeclared (first use in this function)
dbdimp.c:1565: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
dbdimp.c:1565: error: for each function it appears in.)
dbdimp.c:1565: error: parse error before numeric constant
dbdimp.c:1567: error: parse error before numeric constant
dbdimp.c:1681: error: parse error before numeric constant
make: *** [dbdimp.o] Error 1