compile problems on solaris / sparc

i hope this is the right list, if not, i thoroughly apologize.

could someone please help me interperet the results of the attempted
compile?

gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wmissing-declarations -DFRONTEND -fPIC -c pqexpbuffer.c -o
pqexpbuffer.o
ln -s ../../backend/lib/dllist.c .
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wmissing-declarations -DFRONTEND -fPIC -c dllist.c -o dllist.o
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wmissing-declarations -DFRONTEND -fPIC -c pqsignal.c -o pqsignal.o
ln -s ../../backend/port/inet_aton.c .
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wmissing-declarations -DFRONTEND -fPIC -c inet_aton.c -o inet_aton.o
inet_aton.c: In function `inet_aton':
inet_aton.c:86: warning: subscript has type `char'
inet_aton.c:92: warning: subscript has type `char'
inet_aton.c:95: warning: subscript has type `char'
inet_aton.c:119: warning: subscript has type `char'
ar crs libpq.a fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o fe-print.o
fe-lobj.o pqexpbuffer.o dllist.o pqsignal.o inet_aton.o
ranlib libpq.a
ld -G -o libpq.so.2.1 fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o
fe-print.o fe-lobj.o pqexpbuffer.o dllist.o pqsignal.o inet_aton.o
-lcrypt -ldl -lsocket -lresolv -lnsl -lm -lc
make[2]: *** [libpq.so.2.1] Abort
make[2]: *** Deleting file `libpq.so.2.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/source/postgresql-7.0.3/src/interfaces/libpq'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/source/postgresql-7.0.3/src/interfaces'
make: *** [all] Error 2

configure --with-perl ran fine, with no errors, and i have all the proper
software as described in the faq.

thanks in advance,

chris hayner