Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Tie::Watch Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. cp Watch.pm blib\lib\Tie\Watch.pm Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\bin\perl.exe "-Iblib\lib" "-Iblib\arch" test.pl Can't use string ("5") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at blib\lib/Tie/Watch.pm line 496. 1..33 ok 1 ok 2 ok 3 ok 4 ok 5 ok 6 ok 7 ok 8 ok 9 ok 10 ok 11 ok 12 ok 13 ok 14 ok 15 ok 16 NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\cpanrun\build\5-10-0\bin\perl.exe' : return code '0xff' Stop.