Perhaps this isn't an issue anymore?
I downloaded the tarball from CPAN and used the standard Perl Makefile, make, sudo make install commands and
it seemed to install without a hitch.
(this was on Intel)
So before you despair, try that first.
Many people report having trouble getting DBD::mysql to install on OS X 10.4. We have had real trouble with this on a couple of machines. Here's what I did last time that eventually worked.
cd ~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-3.0006/
sudo perl Makefile.PL --cflags="-I/usr/local/mysql/include -Os -fno-common" --libs="-L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm"
make
make install
No luck.
cd ~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-3.0006/
make
sudo make install
And that worked. Now, I also did a lot of other unsuccessful things in the meantime, so if some of those affected the outcome, I'm not sure. I've looked over:
and other sites, seems there is no really clear answer floating around anywhere.
Smart people, help us here and give some better advice on what to do to get DBD::mysql installed.